Category: Columns
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The Perfect Bass Rod
By Brad Wiegmann Finding the right bass fishing rod can be challenging. An angler has to decide on blank action, power, rod components, reel seat , rod grip and price. It can be overwhelming, but how far would you go to find the perfect bass fishing rod?
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Catch More Fish Drop Shotting
By Brad Wiegmann More and more fish are being caught by anglers drop shotting. The rise in popularity and success anglers are having catching fish is the direct result of advancements in electronics. Pioneering the way is DownScan, SideScan and Spotlight Scan allowing anglers to see cover and structure with picture-like images.
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Advanced Football Jig Fishing
By Brad Wiegmann It’s scary how successful some anglers are at fishing with a football jig. Not only do they catch stringers of quality bass, but big ones too. However, they just don’t cast it out and hope a bass will strike it.
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Spring Has Sprung For Trophy Bass
By Brian Pentecost Greetings! How was your winter? In Chicago, the descriptor was BRUTAL. Even as I write this article it is 45 degrees outside with a stiff bone-chilling 20 mph wind, it’s damn cold today! Winter has clung tightly to our comfort with its icy inescapable grasp for over 6 months. We’ve had a…
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FLW Recap: A Grand Ole’ Time
By James Hill With all my fishing gear packed tightly inside my truck, I hit the highway! Destination: Grove, Oklahoma, the site of the first stop in the central division of the FLW Rayovac bass tour. After battling white-out blizzards that turned into torrential rains in Minnesota, I crossed the Iowa border to be greeted…
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Ice Fishing From The Eyes of A Southerner
It’s no secret I am a transplant from the sunny shores of Florida. If someone else asks me why I’ve moved from Florida to Northern Illinois, I think my head will explode. “Wait, what you’re from Florida, what in the hell are you doing here?” This has been the toughest winter most have experienced in…
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Stankx Bait Company NXT LVL Swimbaits
By Tyler Uteg If you’ve read some of the reviews I’ve written before, or have ever seen my tackle when I’m out fishing, then you know about my profound love for Stankx Bait Company from Kalamazoo, MI.
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Ups and Downs of the Lake Havasu FLW Event
By James Hill 2,152 miles separate Thunder Bay, Ontario from Lake Havasu, Arizona which was the site of my very first FLW Rayovac event that saw me finish in the upper half of the field. After 2,152 miles worth of reflecting on my largest individual tournament to date that saw me go through both the…
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Unfamiliar Waters
By James Hill If there ever was a mile high club for writers I have now joined it… 35,000 feet above earth somewhere between Chicago and Phoenix… probably Kansas, I sit here slightly warmer than I’d like to be. When I land, a PVC tube full of St. Croix rods and a bag filled with…
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The Only Fisherman to Ever Skunk on St. Clair
By Brian Pentecost Last November I decided that it would be a good idea to force a trip to the mighty Lake St. Clair for smallmouth bass. I had a professional guide in mind. My good river fishing buddy back home has picture after picture of him and this pro angler nailing the smallmouth on…