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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,…
News & Tips: The Well-Dressed Angler
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The Well-Dressed Angler

Right about now, northern anglers like myself are scrambling. We're digging through bins in the basement, shed and garage. We're flipping through catalogues and browsing websites. We're trying to…
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: Time for Smallmouths
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Time for Smallmouths

It's mid-March. There's snow on the ground as well as the mention of more in the weather forecast in the northeast. Winter seems reluctant to give way to spring here in western Pennsylvania. But it…
News & Tips: Think Spring, Think Food Plots
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Think Spring, Think Food Plots

With spring on its way it's time to begin thinking about planting food plots. Food plots provide deer and other wildlife with excellent nutrition and lots of it. Most wildlife experts would like to…
News & Tips: Pocket Water Trout Fishing
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Pocket Water Trout Fishing

Even some of our best trout streams across America — those that are supposed to be a sure bet for catching trophy trout — aren't always able to live up to the expectations we place on them. This is…
News & Tips: Travel Blog: Traveling Florida's Space Coast...
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Travel Blog: Traveling Florida's Space Coast

Even though it would take another month to complete the angling portion of my Florida's Space Coast expedition, the results could not have been any better. Under the shrewd guidance of Captain Bryan…
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…