Fishing

News & Tips: Crankbait Buyer's Guide
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Crankbait Buyer's Guide

  Natural Colors are useful for clear-water conditions, while bold colors such as chartreuse and firetiger excel in stained water. I don't know another lure with more size, shape and color…
News & Tips: Nose Hook Your Fluke
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Nose Hook Your Fluke

Soft jerkbaits, often generically referred to as "flukes," are one of spring and summer's most productive bass offerings. But confining yourself to the classic wide gap hook, weedless rigging limits…
News & Tips: Travel Blog: Exploring the Flats of the Virgin Islands...
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Travel Blog: Exploring the Flats of the Virgin Islands

Keeping things straight to the record, the Virgin Islands area is not exactly Bonefish Central. There are two islands that have viable fisheries that have sizeable inland salinas — or saltponds.…
News & Tips: Mini Jig Fishing for Trout
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Mini Jig Fishing for Trout

From the gracefulness of fly fishing to burning the water with spinners, many different techniques and tackle have been proven to fool trout time and time again. One of the most overlooked but…
News & Tips: Kids Love Fishing, Too!
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Kids Love Fishing, Too!

In a day and age where technologies like Xbox, Facebook, the Internet, microwaves, etc. have taken over our daily lives, it is nice to leave it all behind and go out and enjoy the outdoors.  However…
News & Tips: Don't Pigeonhole a Pole
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Don't Pigeonhole a Pole

I've been writing a rod trends column for Ontario OUT OF DOORS Magazine for several years. Without question we are fortunate as anglers to have so much cutting-edge technology infused into our…
News & Tips: Drop Shot Rigging
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Drop Shot Rigging

The Drop Shot Rig fishing is used to "hover" small baits in front of gamefish such as walleye and bass. It's most commonly used in deep, cold, clear water. Rigging Up Use a palomar knot to tie a #1…
News & Tips: Weighted Flies
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Weighted Flies

How a fly moves and sinks in the water column is one of the most important factors in enticing a fish into striking. Some fish will move less than a few inches from their respected feeding zones, so…
News & Tips: Northeast Waterways Will Be Hopping During Cicada Season...
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Northeast Waterways Will Be Hopping During Cicada Season

Over the next few weeks, billions—maybe even trillions—of Brood II cicadas are buzzing their way across the Northeast. It’s an event that happens only once every 17 years, and causes anglers to…
News & Tips: Frog Gigging and the Art of Catching Frogs (video)...
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Frog Gigging and the Art of Catching Frogs (video)

Jason Parsons sat on a camp stool on the bow of a 20-foot long narrow jon boat with his gig poised and ready for some frog gigging action. I inched the ancient boat slowly forward with a 16 foot gig…
News & Tips: How to Take Advantage of the Topwater Bite During Cicada Season...
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How to Take Advantage of the Topwater Bite During Cicada Season

As cicadas began to descend on Northeastern states such as my native Pennsylvania, veteran anglers like me get excited.  Why? These billions of Brood II cicadas—thumb-sized insects that emerge from…
News & Tips: Is Your Fish Safe to Eat? Find Out with These Educational Tools...
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Is Your Fish Safe to Eat? Find Out with These Educational Tools

Not only is it rewarding and delicious to prepare the day’s catch as your evening meal, but it can also be incredibly good for you: Fish is an excellent source of protein that’s high in vitamins and…