Category: News & Media
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Wade Small Rivers For Crappies
By: Andrew Ragas – Date Posted: May 5, 2012 When it comes to crappie fishing, lakes and reservoirs are the most frequented destinations for serious anglers. However, many of them fail to realize that small streams and river systems offer excellent fishing opportunities as well. Rather than fish for crappies by boat on the pressured…
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Glide Time Muskies
By: Andrew Ragas – Date Posted: December 11, 2011 It was a cold and snowy February, 2011 morning. Not thrilled about going outside to shovel the snow, I woke up with the intentions of turning on the television. It seems that whenever I get the chance to watch any Saturday morning television, I turn on…
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Live Bait Bass: Matching The Hatch The Easy Way
By: Andrew Ragas Most bass anglers will cringe at the concept of fishing with live bait, let alone the thought of ever using it. Putting the ego aside, as water temperatures at your favorite bodies of water cool down to below 50 degrees in mid to late fall, fishing with live bait is an excellent…
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Muskie On The Fly – Part 2
By: Drew Price – Date Posted: March 13, 2012 Dialing in muskies is never an easy task with any gear but there are definitely a more than few advantages to using a fly rod. In recent years it has become much more popular. Part 1 of this article dug into gear choices, casting, leaders and…
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Jaws: Surfing With Sharks
By: David Graham – Date Posted: December 11, 2011 “SHARK”! Fewer words elicit more immediate, primal terror in person who hears it uttered. Throughout the vast animal kingdom, the shark most certainly invokes more mystery, fear and legend than any other creature. Arguably the single most feared predator on the planet, sharks are the ultimate…
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Winter Pickerel
By: Jim Gronaw – Date Posted: December 11, 2011 The fish just barely thumped my 32-nd ounce jig but immediately felt much heavier than the panfish I had been catching the past hour. Setting the hook, I felt that I would likely lose whatever was on the end of my two-pound test mono. My son…
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Curing The Common Coldfront
By: Chris Loveless – Date Posted: March 13, 2012 Few situations can be more disheartening than a cold front creeping up on a fishing trip that has been planned in the spring. You have read reports and the bite has been great since the fish have begun to feed heavily. Then a front comes in…
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Learning To Fish New Lakes
By: Andrew Ragas Learning to fish a new, unfamiliar body of water is an intimidating task. Most fishermen endure these challenges whether it’s fishing for tournaments, guiding, or leisure. As one who frequently fishes new lakes throughout the Upper Midwest each year and loves to explore, learning to fish them isn’t as difficult as it…
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Lake Michigan Lakers
By: Todd Wendorf – Date Posted: March 13, 2012 Depending on where you live the “warmer” weather of March can mean anything from late ice crappies to pre-spawn walleyes to migrating steelhead. In about any location in the upper Midwest it means it’s time to grab a rod and reel and find something to fish…
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Cortland Masterbraid
By: Andrew Ragas – Date Posted: November 16, 2011 Braided lines often bewilder anglers. We either love them or we hate them and there is never a happy medium. From a personal standpoint, I often get frustrated by braided lines. This is a consequence of having endured bad experiences with their casting and handling, as…