Category: featured
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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…
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Bowfin Wrangling
By: David Graham – Date Posted: May 11, 2011 One of the most intriguing things about having a non-species specific approach to angling is the challenge of not merely dedicating your time and effort to become a master of one species, but a combined level of moderate skill culminating in an overall mastery of all…
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The Brown Beasts of Fall
By: Todd Wendorf and Collin Venn – Date Posted: September 15, 2011 As the fall leaves turn beautiful shades of brown, orange, and yellow, fish of the same colors begin to invade the shorelines and tributaries of Lake Michigan. After spending the summer in the areas of the lake only reached in a good sized…
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Carp on the Fly
By: Drew Price – Date Posted: May 11, 2011 Carp have quickly become a sensation in the fly fishing world. They are extremely challenging fish requiring stealth, precision and patience, they run far when hooked, get to large sizes and are found almost everywhere. Many compare it to fly fishing for bonefish on the saltwater…
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James River, Virginia Blue Cats
By: Jim Gronaw – Date Posted: January 20, 2011 They’re big, they’re bad, and now they exceed a hundred pounds. No, I’m not talking about cobia, black drum or even the ever-popular striped bass. I’m talking about blue catfish; a non-native transplant that was stocked in selected tidal river systems more than 30 years ago…
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Big Country Smallmouth Bass
By: Andrew Ragas Imagine the quality of fishing in Northern Wisconsin. Probably the first ideas coming to mind are its legendary world record muskies, and the thoughts of walleyes sizzling on the frying pan.
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Lake Michigan Guided Trips With Captain Ralph Steiger
By: Andrew Ragas The alarm clock obnoxiously rang at 5:30am and as it always happens to me while still dark outside, I did not feel like waking up out of bed early to go fishing. I’ll admit that I am by far the worst person at waking up early to catch fish. But for the…
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Get Dirty With Backwater Pike
By: Andrew Ragas – Date Posted: March 22, 2011 As winter draws to a conclusion, the days before us gradually turn warmer and longer. When air temperatures increase, creating snow-melt, large trickles of water meander into creeks, streams, and rivers. When this process occurs, river shorelines and backwaters finally become accessible again to open water…
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Alligator Gar: North America’s Largest Predatory Fish
David Graham – Date Posted: September 14, 2011 It can’t be overstated – to the enthusiastic angler, landing the biggest representative of a species is always better. Nonetheless the largest freshwater fish in North America is arguably its most mysterious fish. Virtually any average American, whether or not they fish recreationally, can easily identify bass…