Author: Fishing Headquarters
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War Games, Battle of Beasts
By Cory Allen Go play outside. Three words I absolutely abhorred hearing growing up, as I clutched the now poignantly nostalgic rudimentarily ergonomic controller of a Sega Genesis. Since I could push the button on a 303, I had never had the slightest issue with getting my skin tan or hands dirty wading into backwaters…
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Flying for Muskies, The Lake Game
By Chris Willen Large lakes are intimidating for musky fly fishers. That really shouldn’t be the case for the musky angler, but in reality it truly is. Fly fishing for musky in still waters can be as effective as it is on rivers and streams. Musky fishing is growing exponentially in terms of participating anglers,…
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Violent Towater Tactics
By Josh B. Peacock If you love to bass fish, chances are that love affair started with a topwater bait! I can personally recall numerous violent and awesome topwater strikes that happened more than a decade ago. Day dreaming of such events can often evoke goofy ear to ear grins. Try not to do that…
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Flowage Belt Smallmouth Bass
By Andrew Ragas Bass anglers sometimes wonder why certain rivers of Wisconsin’s flowage belt fish best in spring and go unproductive in summer. Understanding the dynamics and little-studied stream migrations between river and reservoir smallmouth bass will help answer these questions.
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Back to Basics, Simple Pole and Line Panfishing.
By Jim Gronaw One of the coolest things about the sport of fishing is that it can be as complicated, or as simple, as you want to make it. Yes, there are more advancements, electronics, lures, devices and items of seemingly great value on today’s angling market. All are intended to put more fish in…
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Melting Snow. Uncovering What Really Matters.
By Becky Gardhouse Waiting. Watching. Hoping for warmer weather. Up here in the far north we have experienced one of our most memorable winters in recent history. The chance for us to be out in mid December chasing lunker walleye on the Bay of Quinte yet also being able to venture out to hallowed laker…
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Winter Fish Kills 2014
By Kenny Lookingbill As I was doing my normal inventory checks in February and ordering supplies for the upcoming open water season, I reflected back on the winter, and the lack of ice fishing opportunities. It was also a very snowy winter, with more than 80″ of snow, making it the third snowiest winter on…
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Clarity For Bass in Clear Waters
By Andrew Ragas Gin clear waters greatly intimidate anglers, driving them away from some of the best smallmouth waters there are. Anglers fishing these waters usually doubt their skill, but smallmouths easily counter and often oblige, striking baits from great distance aided by bright sunlight and its Smirnoff colored water.
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Spinning for Trout
By Brad Wiegmann Fly fishing for trout is greatly overrated. Sure the complexity and art of casting maybe intriguing to a few, but should trout fishing really be so challenging? That’s probably why so many anglers use spinning tackle instead when fishing for trout.
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Fishing-Headquarters Magazine, Issue 18
We would like to announce the release of Fishing-Headquarters Magazine, Issue 18. This is our issue for May & June 2014. It is our annual early summer issue. It is also our inaugural BLACKOUT ISSUE, containing zero ads. The way informative fishing and education should be.