Category: Articles
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Erie Walleye Anglers Take Notice of Perfect 10
By Abe Smith Charter captains on the Great Lakes don’t waste much time testing every new lure that hits the market. They know the two or three best baits for trolling for walleyes and that’s that. Don’t even bring a new lure to the party. So, when a lure crashes in from nowhere to enter…
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Mini-Crankbaits For Trout
By Jeff Samsel The mere mention of a Rebel Crickhopper lit up Richie Hays’ face as the long-time trout guide remembered the first time anyone threw Crickhoppers from his boat. A guide at Gaston’s White River Resort in north-central Arkansas, Hays took those clients to a shallow shoal where current swept into deeper water, and…
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WhoDat Catching Dem Louisiana Redfish
With Bernie & Steve White Anglers facing shallow, weedy water can take a lesson from Barnie White and his father, Steve. The father/son team finished second in the first Louisiana Saltwater Series (LASS) tournament of the year throwing Metal WhoDat Spoons to redfish feeding in shallow grass and took home more than $2,000.
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Top Trolling Picks for Trench Warfare
By Cory Allen I’m not talking set-it-and-forget-it trolling, or flying planer kites. I’m talking stick-in-hand, bottom-smashing, teeth-gnashing, rod-jarring tools of the trade for tickling topography and taking some of the biggest muskies (or bass) on any body of water. Yes, this is definitely an Esox-centric article. But use these little chisels to carve out the…
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Investing In A Child
By Jim Gronaw As a child growing up in the Randallstown , Baltimore area, I was blessed to be in a region that was still country in the mid 1960’s, and there were numerous options for fishing back in that day. There were many farmponds around, some of which still exist to this day. And…
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Tournament Pre-Fishing and the Bassmaster Classic
By Alton Jones The 2014 Bassmaster Classic is coming up quickly. They call it the “World Series of Bass Fishing” for good reason. No other tournament puts so many top anglers together to compete for big money and the life-altering experience that comes with being named a Classic Champion.
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Lipless Crankin’ Tips From A Classic Champ
By Asher Myson Alton Jones’ primary reason for keeping a lipless crankbait close at hand is purely pragmatic. “If you look at tournaments held this time of year on any grass lake, a lipless crankbait is almost always a major player,” Jones said. “It may not be the winning lure, but it always seems to…
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Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
By Nathaniel Myson If you’re an ice-fisherman, you’ve almost certainly debated this question: Sit tight and wait for the fish to come to you or pick up and start drilling holes to go to the fish? Staying put may result in a day spent just out of the fish’s range. Go mobile and you might…
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Find and Catch Lakers Under Ice
By Nathan Shore Most fish species are restricted under ceilings of ice. They get pushed into corners and pockets holding the warmest remaining water. Lake trout are just the opposite. Winter frees them to roam wherever they please.
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Winter Tailrace Walleyes and Sauger
By Roy Vivian As the days get shorter and colder a majority of walleye anglers winterize their boats. Avid open water anglers will chase other passions like sitting in a tree waiting for a trophy to go by or on a bucket staring down a hole. I will spend some time on the hard water…