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News & Tips: How to Get Your Boat Up on Plane Quicker...
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How to Get Your Boat Up on Plane Quicker

Some boat and motor packages are just not happy combinations. They're slow out of the hole, slow on top end and suck up fuel like there's no tomorrow. They porpoise, they chine walk and they're tough…
News & Tips: 3 Awesome Battery Chargers for Your Boat...
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3 Awesome Battery Chargers for Your Boat

Onboard boat battery chargers eliminate the issues of digging down into the bilge with a flashlight trying to hook up your deep-cycle batteries for an overnight charge so that you can get full power…
News & Tips: 5 Steps to Avoid Kayak Buyer's Remorse...
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5 Steps to Avoid Kayak Buyer's Remorse

Every day a few dozen kayaks get listed on Craigslist, fishing forums, and Buy/Sell/Trade lists. On these lists are people with buyer's remorse, listing these kayaks as "never seen the water" or "…
News & Tips: 3 Kayak Accessories That Make Fishing Easier...
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3 Kayak Accessories That Make Fishing Easier

One of the most common questions after a person buys their first kayak is, “What else do I need?” If you bought that kayak to do some fishing in, these kayak accessories will make your time on the…
News & Tips: Fish Simple: Use the Three Best Flies for Spring Trout...
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Fish Simple: Use the Three Best Flies for Spring Trout

If you’re a devoted trout fly fisherman, you’ll probably carry a vest chock full of flies when you hit the streams this spring. But sometimes that just complicates matters and makes choosing the best…
News & Tips: Josh Bertrand’s Carolina-Rigging Tricks for Finicky Largemouth Bass...
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Josh Bertrand’s Carolina-Rigging Tricks for Finicky Largemouth Bass

Sometimes what is old can be made new again, and such is the tale of the Carolina-Rig.  Despite being directly responsible for countless fishing tournament wins and trophy bass brought to the boat,…
News & Tips: Inside Evers: The Man. The Father. The Bassmaster Classic Champion...
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Inside Evers: The Man. The Father. The Bassmaster Classic Champion

Edwin Evers plays for keeps and losing is never part of the equation, it’s just not how he’s wired.  Yet at the end of the day, he’s a father and a husband, first. Evers sat down with Bass Pro Shops…
News & Tips: Turkey Hunt: 7 Reasons Why Toms Hang Up & 10 Tricks to Get Them to Respond...
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Turkey Hunt: 7 Reasons Why Toms Hang Up & 10 Tricks to Get Them to Respond

Conditions seemed perfect for a spring turkey hunt. Azure skies. Calm winds. No rain, sleet or snow. No other hunters around. And the tom I’d located was gobbling back aggressively. At the start,…
News & Tips: Turkey Hunting: Top 3 Turkey Locator Calls  (video)...
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Turkey Hunting: Top 3 Turkey Locator Calls (video)

Here are 3 of the best calls for locating turkeys during spring turkey hunting. Champion turkey caller James Harrison shows how to make the calls along with tips and strategies for their best use  …
Steve Pennaz
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11 Lessons on Jerkbaits for Early Season Bass

By Steve Pennaz This past February, on a bitter cold morning better suited for hot coffee and a roaring fire, I met Elite BASS Pro Chad Grigsby at a just-opened Perkins to outline our plans for…
News & Tips: A Case for Fishing Big Pike
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A Case for Fishing Big Pike

Northern pike are such an incredible predator.  Smooth and sleek with the curves of the most expensive sport car.  Rows of teeth that resemble tooth picks.  Amazing acceleration.  Pike are cool and…
Randy Howell by Randy Howell
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Jig Fishing Tips With Fishing Pro Randy Howell

What does Randy Howell always have at the ready on his boat when bass fishing? Sure, a Livingston Lures crankbait would be a good guess, but you're guaranteed to find a jig when Howell is starting to…