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News & Tips: 10 "Fish" Bucket List Things to do in the New Year...
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10 "Fish" Bucket List Things to do in the New Year

Reflection is good, but looking toward the new fishing season with pen and paper is much more exciting. How about compiling a "bucket list" for 2014 — filled with your fishing goals, desires and…
News & Tips: Wildlife Photography: On the Edge
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Wildlife Photography: On the Edge

Watching wildlife while camping or hiking is always entertaining to some degree. Catching a few wild critters in action with a camera adds to the fun, and possibly, more the reason to get out on a…
News & Tips: Close & Intense! Whitetail Hunting Action During The Rut...
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Close & Intense! Whitetail Hunting Action During The Rut

GrowingDeer.tv team members Aaron and Seth selected a treestand out of the wind during the opening weekend of gun season in Missouri (time marker 2:30).  Their selection was perfect as they hadn…
Shaye Baker's hawg anchored his Day 1-leading limit by Shaye Baker's hawg anchored his Day 1-leading limit...
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Baker Leads Bassmaster Classic Wild Card

Baker Takes Wild Card Lead Shaye Baker showed his Florida fishing prowess today with a 29 pound 8 ounce limit. Baker is better known for his work for Bassmaster.com than he is for putting a hurt on…
News & Tips: Winter Trout Fishing
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Winter Trout Fishing

Deer season is over is here in Missouri. Waterfowl hunting continues, as does small game hunting. However, if you still have a fishing itch, break out your gear. Missouri offers some spectacular…
News & Tips: Traditional Archery: Bows Need Tune-Ups Too...
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Traditional Archery: Bows Need Tune-Ups Too

Two days ago, I was shooting in my backyard range when I realized that my longbow had suddenly become a little noisier. I found this odd since nothing had changed in my set up and my bow was…
News & Tips: Fishing Vertical for Muskies
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Fishing Vertical for Muskies

I’m just a lucky guy, I guess. First: Years back in my home area, a great friend and fishing guide, Bill (Fuzzy) Shumway, in Hayward, Wisc., took the sonar-lure concept and made it bigger – muskie…
News & Tips: Fly Proportions - Streamers
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Fly Proportions - Streamers

For the final part to this fly proportion series we are going to take a closer look at streamer flies. Unlike the other fly styles discussed earlier, there are many different tying variations (with…
Kristi Takasaki with a beautiful crappie caught in bright sunshine, but with a glow jig by Kristi Takasaki with a beautiful crappie caught in bright sunshine, but with a glow jig...
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Glow in the Dark Ice Fishing

There are many bright ideas for hard water, but there’s one that has been pretty consistent over the years…the use of glow jig colors for low-visibility conditions. Fishing at night or in low-light…
News & Tips: Vertical Jigging Winter Walleyes and Saugers in Rivers...
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Vertical Jigging Winter Walleyes and Saugers in Rivers

Even with a steady growth in the popularity of ice fishing over the past few years, there is still a fair contingent of walleye anglers that really don’t embrace the whole concept of their winter “…
Double Fisherman's Knot
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Rope Knot Library: How to Tie a Double Fisherman's Rope Knot

How to Tie a Double Fisherman's Rope Knot This knot securely ties two ropes together or can be used to fasten the ends of a rope or cord to make a loop. Rarely used in fishing, the Double Fisherman’s…
News & Tips: Use a Tube Jig on a Drop Shot Rig for Late Fall Fishing...
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Use a Tube Jig on a Drop Shot Rig for Late Fall Fishing

The arrival of December serves as a reminder that open water fishing opportunities are coming to a close, at least in my part of the country, which is western Pennsylvania. But even though the recent…