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News & Tips: The Yucatan Loop Tarpon Adventure
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The Yucatan Loop Tarpon Adventure

If you draw a line straight, West to East, across the Yucatan Peninsula, about halfway down the map, you would connect Campeche on the West with Ascension Bay on the East. Cpt. Miguel Encalada now…
News & Tips: Evolution of a Hunter
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Evolution of a Hunter

I would have never thought that on Dec. 26, of all days, I would come face to face with my nemesis. The buck I'd been hunting for the last 90 days shows up at one o’clock in the afternoon, broadside…
News & Tips: REMOVED - Headwaters for Prespawn Bass...
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REMOVED - Headwaters for Prespawn Bass

Catching bass during the prespawn period is often a hit-or-miss proposition. One day they're there, the next they're not. Bass enter a period of stress and instability as winter changes to spring,…
Aqua-Vu Micro leads the way to historic season on ice...
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Anglers Credit Underwater Cameras for Championship

Anglers Credit Underwater Cameras for both NAIFC Championship and Team of the Year TitlesCrosslake, MN - What would you call it if the same angling team won the National Championship, plus another…
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What Fishing Line Should I Use?

I’ve long heard this question, and there is so much controversy about what line to use with what lure. The best answer to that is what you are comfortable with. There is a rule of thumb that I go by…
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Channel Bass

Channel bass -- or red fish, as we like to call them -- offer the most exciting saltwater fishing to be had from the Texas Coast all the way around the horn to Maryland. There is nothing that can…
News & Tips: Unraveling Mysteries of Wing Shooting
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Unraveling Mysteries of Wing Shooting

As the bird reached its cruising altitude, my finger slapped the trigger — I felt the recoil on my shoulder and I watched as the wad passed harmlessly behind the clay pigeon. Ten more yards and the…
News & Tips: Defining Trophy Hunting
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Defining Trophy Hunting

Non-hunters often get the wrong idea of the meaning of the term "trophy hunting". Some people mistakenly believe that it somehow refers to shooting game and then just removing the head to leave the…
News & Tips: Bass Pro Shops to Open 11th Florida Store in Port St. Lucie...
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Bass Pro Shops to Open 11th Florida Store in Port St. Lucie

Bass Pro Shops Announces Plans to Open 11th Florida Store in Port St. Lucie Bass Pro Shops, America’s most popular outdoor store, will locate a new store in Port St. Lucie, Florida at the highly…
News & Tips: Discover the Joy of Small-Stream Trout...
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Discover the Joy of Small-Stream Trout

Imagine yourself exploring and fishing a small, tranquil stream — lost in your own world, yet in the thick of trout country. Cascading waterfalls, riverbank critters and satisfying solitude are yours…
News & Tips: Early Season Fly Selection: Streamers
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Early Season Fly Selection: Streamers

  The Egg Sucking Leech is on the top of the author's list for the most productive and versatile patterns for early season trout. Driving home from a meeting the other day I was pleasantly…
News & Tips: Swimbait Switcharoo
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Swimbait Switcharoo

Soft swimbaits took the fishing world by storm a number of years ago. They instantly became a game changer. Primarily thought of as bass baits, their alluring and seductive tail cadence — coupled…