Category: Columns
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Musky Tactics for Trophy Bass
By Joseph Alfe In part one of this series, we explored using bass lures and techniques to catch muskie. Here, we turn the tables and go where few dare to go and that is, to use muskie baits and tactics to catch bass. The thing is, using big baits can get you big bass. How…
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Okuma’s Battle Cat Rods Are Ready For A Fight
By Matt Lynch If a couple months ago you had asked me about Okuma’s Battle Cat line of cat fishing rods I’d have scratched my head. However recently while discussing the need to update my catfish rod inventory with my good friend and licensed guide, Scott Manning owner of Tennessee River Monsters, he brought these…
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How Gerald Swindle Approaches a Lake He’s Never Seen Before
Contributed Story Alabama’s Gerald Swindle is in his 18th year as a pro angler. He’s competed from California to Vermont and won more than $2 Million dollars. Yet he had never been to famous Lake Fork until he began practicing for the Toyota Texas Bass Classic in May of 2014.
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Tails from the Past
By Matt Lynch Catfish; One word that can stir up emotions ranging from hardly a furled brow, to a quickening heartbeat. Who hasn’t caught Mr. Whiskers before at some point in their angling endeavors? The question becomes how much was this end result pursued? Was he merely a byproduct of another targeted species? Was he…
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New Tennessee Muskie Record Released
By Cory Allen If anyone ever tells you they know how the fishing is going to go down on the water on any given day, especially a guide, raise an eyebrow like the doctor just sneezed-injected the Botox. That someone is either a liar or completely oblivious. For all the accumulation of knowledge, tackle, techniques,…
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The Brass Knuckles
By Jacob Priegel Tennessee Valley Muskie Authority During an impulsive “early life crisis” this spring, I made a move to Tennessee and joined forces with Cory Allen and Matt Lynch to create the Tennessee Valley Muskie Authority muskie fishing resource and guide service (TVMA) and haven’t looked back.
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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.