Category: Articles
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The Perfect Jig
By Andrew Ragas The jig is one of the most storied and historical pieces of tackle in modern day fishing. Its origins can be traced back to the early Polynesians and European anglers (Norwegians) who lived off Earth’s waters as hunter gatherers, using them as fish hunting tools. The first jigs in fishing were simply…
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Where the Industry Goes Wrong
By Cory Allen Carefully Edited by Fishing-Headquarters.com Editors Note: The following narrative was written by our friend and online magazine contributor, Cory Allen, to his personal Facebook page on Thursday, November 20th. Prior to this elongated status update, he and Andrew Ragas had one of their weekly intellectual discussions in which perspectives on fishing and…
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Casting for Crappie
By Brad Wiegmann When it comes to catching crappie there are several techniques you can use. Of course spider rigging is popular along with long lining. However, just casting for crappie would be the number one way with crappie anglers. Now there is more to casting for crappie than flipping the bail and raring back…
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Catching More and Bigger Stripers
By Brad Wiegmann Striped bass are fast growing, voracious predators always searching for the next meal. Often schooling in packs, stripers can be caught with live bait and artificial lures. In forage rich reservoirs stripers flourish and large populations thrive while growing quickly to trophy size.
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Secret Schooling Bass Lures
By Brad Wiegmann Bass are exploding around your boat frothing the surface chasing shad everywhere. It would be impossible not to catch one, but that is exactly what is happening. You can’t get a sniff, nibble or strike on any of your favorite topwater lures.
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The Changing Landscape of Fall Musky Waters
By Adam M. Glickman A Few years back while fishing, a friend of mine, Cory Allen, brought up a topic that I have thought a lot about ever since. Cory was and is still a dedicated student of the teachings of legendary and revolutionary angler Buck Perry. Perry pioneered the concept of fishing off shore…
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Pike, Muskie and the old, Twitchin’ Reaction
By JP Bushey Cooling water reboots options for pike and muskie casters. Fishing twitchbaits consistently electrifies these fish, no matter what the temp gauge says. To me, esox species are the most fun and interesting fish of them all. They always have been. One part psychotic killer, one part pouting baby, these fish excite, engage…
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Accidental Trophy Catches
By Cory Allen We all hear the stories, all the time. Crappie angler has his intended buttermilk fillet turned into sushi boat side; Bass tournament angler catches a 52 incher during the eleventh hour and bitches at his poor luck. One man’s trash as they say, but so many of these accidents go completely unnoticed…
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Doin’ That Stream Smallmouth Gig
By Jim Gronaw I must admit…since I have become borderline elderly I have not had the chance to fish for stream and small river smallmouths like I used to. Things like arthritis, asthma, knee operations and bad table manners just get in the way of so many things. That’s why I recently jumped at the…
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Drop Shot Tactics for Trophy Panfish
By Jim Gronaw We weren’t on the bank long before I heard my son, Matt yell ‘got em’ and I looked over to see his long, 11 foot spinning rod arched heavily under the weight of a good fish. We were ‘drop-shot’ fishing…a way to present a bait or lure to deeper, weed-hugging panfish and…