Bill Cooper News & Tips

News & Tips: Kentucky Students Dominate 2013 Archery Championships...
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Kentucky Students Dominate 2013 Archery Championships

Kentucky students dominated the World Archery Championships as students from 22 states and 2 provinces in Canada,…
News & Tips: Hot Weather Stripers on Beaver Lake
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Hot Weather Stripers on Beaver Lake

"When you see that rod tip begin to bounce, grab the rod, do an about face and try to break the rod," Don Andreasen of…
News & Tips: The Ozark Pike
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The Ozark Pike

Many of the free flowing streams of the southern Missouri Ozarks contain a small fish which resembles the northern pike…
News & Tips: Quick and Easy Shore Lunch
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Quick and Easy Shore Lunch

It is no secret that appetites ignite in the great outdoors. And that old adage that food tastes better in the outdoors…
News & Tips: Vintage Guns - Not Done Yet
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Vintage Guns - Not Done Yet

I lived the end of an era in shotgun hunting. Old men, old guns and a way of life drifted into the fog of time during…
News & Tips: Chain Pickerel Fishing Basics
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Chain Pickerel Fishing Basics

  Chain pickerel will attack a variety of lures including crankbaits, stick baits, spinnerbaits and soft plastics. I…
News & Tips: Float Fishing the Current River
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Float Fishing the Current River

Floating downstream in a canoe or kayak and fishing along the way is a fun outdoor activity that most anyone can easily…
News & Tips: Fishing Missouri's Wild Trout Streams
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Fishing Missouri's Wild Trout Streams

The drift looked perfect. I had cast a No. 12 Pheasant Tail bead-head nymph into the head of a small, dark pool on…
News & Tips: Best Bass Lures for Summer River Largemouth...
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Best Bass Lures for Summer River Largemouth

Creature baits such as Zoom's Brush Hog are the ticket for hungry largemouth bass in river environments. I revel in…
News & Tips: Pop Those Bedding Gills
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Pop Those Bedding Gills

Pop, went the surface of the pond, as if I smacked my lips loudly. Simultaneously, the leader on my flyline raced…
News & Tips: Frog Gigging and the Art of Catching Frogs (video)...
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Frog Gigging and the Art of Catching Frogs (video)

Jason Parsons sat on a camp stool on the bow of a 20-foot long narrow jon boat with his gig poised and ready for some…
News & Tips: Pre-Season Smallmouth on the Gasconade River...
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Pre-Season Smallmouth on the Gasconade River

Will Rollins, of Vienna, Missouri, has spent his entire life in that little central Missouri hill town. Much of his…