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News & Tips: Soft Baits for Ice Fishing
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Soft Baits for Ice Fishing

Fishing on ice regularly puts anglers up against fussy fish and coaxing onlookers to bite is one of the fun challenges of this winter activity. Carrying a good selection of soft-baits and using them…
News & Tips: Dos and Don'ts of Fishing
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Dos and Don'ts of Fishing

There are a lot of things you can do right in fishing and a lot of things you can do wrong, simply because you didn’t know there were such things to be aware of when fishing. To shed some light on…
News & Tips: Premium Ammo Worth the Price
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Premium Ammo Worth the Price

I am a skeptic by nature. If it sounds too good to be true, chances are it is. But when it comes to ammo, I admit I've gotten sucked in to the hype from time to time. To finally clear the air, I…
News & Tips: Early Season Stream Smallmouth
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Early Season Stream Smallmouth

  Dave Keith with a smallmouth.   One of the more overlooked angling options is that provided by smallmouth bass in smaller flowing waters, low gradient streams, the kind that get too warm for…
Angler with spinning rod and reel leaning over boat lifing up a largemouth bass
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Choosing Freshwater Fishing Gear: Spinning or Baitcasting

Newcomers to the freshwater angling world usually find spinning gear easier to use than baitcasters. Learning to operate and cast with a spinning rod and reel is relatively painless and free from the…
News & Tips: Travel Blog: A Green Turtle Cay Adventure...
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Travel Blog: A Green Turtle Cay Adventure

Many offshore and flats anglers are all too aware of the excellent fishing that Abaco Island offers in the Bahamas. Although it is considered an "out island", it is only a short one hour flight from…
News & Tips: 2013 Bass Fishing Hall of Fame Induction...
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2013 Bass Fishing Hall of Fame Induction

THREE TO BE ENSHRINED IN BASS FISHING HALL OF FAME Class of 2013 includes Mike Folkestad, Darrell Lowrance and Jack Wingate Tulsa, Okla. (February 18, 2013) — For their major impacts on the world of…
News & Tips: Maintaining Your Boat’s Trailer
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Maintaining Your Boat’s Trailer

OK, so it’s not a very sexy subject, but for many of us here in the Northland, it’s the “off-season” or the “hard-water season.” The boat and trailer are either in storage somewhere or, if we’re…
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If You Could Only Use One Artificial Bait ...

A number of years ago, I stumbled onto an opportunity to learn some great fishing “secrets.” As a fishing pro staffer for Cincinnati Outdoor World’s Bass Pro Shops, I have had the privilege of…
News & Tips: Winter Midge Fishing
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Winter Midge Fishing

If you're of one of those fly fishers who packs away the gear at the first sign of snow, you're missing out on a very special type of fishing. Unknown to some fly anglers is the fact that, during the…
News & Tips: Muzzleloader Primers
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Muzzleloader Primers

After years of hunting deer with a conventional inline muzzleloader using the various black powder substitutes available, a couple of years ago I switched to a semi-custom smokeless muzzleloader from…
News & Tips: Winter Trout on Spring Creeks
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Winter Trout on Spring Creeks

Dense fog, the result of comparatively warm air pockets combined with remaining snow cover, enshrouded the ridge tops as we made the two hour drive to the limestone spring creek. It would be mid-…