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News & Tips: Submitted Recipes: 8 Delicious Pheasant Recipes...
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Submitted Recipes: 8 Delicious Pheasant Recipes

If you have a favorite recipe you'd like to share on Bass Pro 1Source, email it to community@basspro.com. Photos are also welcome! 1. Wok Pheasant Recipes Posted By: Mike Davies  Ingredients 1 or 2…
News & Tips: Classic Lures: Johnson Silver Minnow Spoon...
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Classic Lures: Johnson Silver Minnow Spoon

Louis Johnson, a retired Chicago foundry operator, was frustrated by the abundance of weeds that kept fouling the hooks on his lures in his favorite fishing lake. Eager to overcome the problem, he…
News & Tips: Cold Water Bass Lures
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Cold Water Bass Lures

Bass, as you probably know, are cold-blooded creatures, meaning their body temperature is the same as that of their surroundings. As the water temperature drops, so does their metabolic level. The…
News & Tips: Shallow Cranks for Skinny Water Largies...
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Shallow Cranks for Skinny Water Largies

The shallow running crankbait is one lure that stands out from the pack — specialized in design to pull skinny water largemouth off of structure and into the waiting landing net. This easy-to-work…
News & Tips: How to Choose Lures for Striper Bass
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How to Choose Lures for Striper Bass

If you've ever hung a big landlocked striped bass on an artificial lure, you know it's a jarring experience. There's nothing tentative about the way a striper hits a surface plug, crankbait or jig…
News & Tips: Jig and Minnow Crappie
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Jig and Minnow Crappie

Every serious crappie fisherman out there has his own thoughts on what works best and why. The majority of traditional ice fishermen you see braving the frozen lakes and ponds stick to live bait with…
News & Tips: Wildlife in Winter Mode
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Wildlife in Winter Mode

For many hikers and campers, the winter season is a season filled with frosty landscapes and chilly sunsets, but something is missing or rarely seen — wildlife. Unless of course, you hike or camp in…
News & Tips: Being Different: Changing Fishing Baits...
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Being Different: Changing Fishing Baits

Don’t be afraid to change baits when fishing slows down. Giving bass a new look is sometimes all it takes to put several of them in your boat. Say, for example, you fish an area that is holding good…
News & Tips: Protect Your Fishing Electronics
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Protect Your Fishing Electronics

Fishing electronics are a valuable tool in today's world of fishing. They are also expensive and protecting your investment will make your days on the water more enjoyable and certainly more…
News & Tips: 5 Best: Fly-Fishing Organization Tools and Accessories...
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5 Best: Fly-Fishing Organization Tools and Accessories

Losing a fish is often the most disappointing event in angling (save physical harm of course), but a strong runner-up is realizing you forgot a piece of gear you needed after a long journey to your…
News & Tips: Sparse is the Word
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Sparse is the Word

Ask two fly tiers of equal skill levels to tie the same bucktail pattern and you're very likely going to see two subtly different versions. One will be fuller and, at first blush, perhaps a little…
News & Tips: Cold Season on the Ice
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Cold Season on the Ice

So far the end of the 2013 and the start to the 2014 ice fishing season in the Chequamegon Bay area in Wisconsin has been COLD. When we use the term cold with ice fishing we are not talking about…