Category: Boats and Marine
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A Definitive Answer to a Jet Propelled Question
By Matt Lynch(Tennessee Valley Muskie Authority) Often times we may look at an angler and his craft as if on an aquatic canvas, wafting with the wind and waves as he seeks out his prey. Too often we forget that on this canvas, the angler is an artist. He comes to practice his craft and…
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Lowrance Screenshots of the Year
By Andrew Ragas Fishing-Headquarters is not affiliated with Lowrance Marine Electronics. Their products solely help me catch more fish and enable me to gain a better understanding of the underwater environment and ecosystem beneath the water’s surface. Throughout the open water season I run HDS and Elite units in my boats. Over the course of…
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Paddling Out: A Shark’s Tale
By David Graham The idea of intentionally pursuing what is arguably the most dynamic predator the world has ever known means reaching the pinnacle of the angling experience. Shark fishing is taboo. It is generally the rustic disregard for more common practices of complex fishing pursuits simplified to nothing more than the thrill of catching…
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Monolith Mapping to Bronzebacks
By Jim Edlund Like the weather‐beaten parchment of some maritime legend, the map of Rainy Lake should read “Here Be Dragons.” Straddling the border between Minnesota and Ontario, Rainy is a multi‐species playground teeming with monsters: fat walleyes, giant crappies, big pike and linebacker smallmouth bass. With an expansive 220,000 acres of world‐class fishing, it…
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Modern Kayak Advancements
By Rob Wendel Kayak fishing began as a Do-It-Yourselfer’s dream. These plastic boats were just toys to paddle around in, but as anglers got a hold of them, they became platforms to mount homemade PVC rod holders, milk-crate tackle storage, and even modified trolling motors. The kayak fishing revolution is inspiring manufacturers to shift their focus from…
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Lindner “Goes Green” On Summer Walleyes
By Jack Busby For over 50 years Al and Ron Lindner have been helping anglers locate and catch fish. From the seminal “Secret Teachings” formula of F + L + P = Success to FRS (Fish Response System), decades of info-packed TV and radio fishing programming, countless DVDs, to Lindner Media’s “Angling Edge” TV series,…
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An Open Letter to Yamaha Outboards
By Cory Allen In an industry that is a circus of pre-heated, pre-packaged commercialized nonsense in which major brand name companies cram their products into labels and different packages, an observant angler such as I sees rehashed old “pie-in-the-face” products blatantly copied from someone else’s homework. Then they even accidentally sign the original author’s name…
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The Frontier of Small Watercraft
By: David Graham – Date Posted: September 1, 2012 East Texas and Oklahoma are home to some of the largest fish in North America. During the last six months I divided my time between a new job opportunity and pursuing some of these outstanding, rugged fish. Even before relocating to Texas I had begun pondering…
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Kayak Fishing: Any Water, Any Time
By: Chris Loveless – Date Posted: September 1, 2012 Like many anglers who become serious about fishing and try turning their passions into a reality, I spent the last couple years dreaming of buying a boat. Planning for such a purchase required lots of strategy as I did not want anything very big. Living in…
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Rigging Your Boat, Walleye Style
By: Roy Vivian – Date Posted: July 19, 2011 This spring I purchased my dream boat, a 2011 Lund Pro V 1975 with a 225 horsepower Mercury Verado. Picking the boat and motor was easy where the work began was rigging the boat to fit my needs. When rigging a boat the most important thing…