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News & Tips: Bar Hopping for Walleyes
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Bar Hopping for Walleyes

Rock bars and sandbar, typically formed where a feeder creek joins a medium- to large-sized river, draw walleyes year 'round, but especially during the early spring. These locations often provide…
News & Tips: After Antlers: Shed Hunting Time
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After Antlers? Tips for Shed Hunting Time

Some consider the pursuit as an Easter Egg hunt for hunters and as a great cure for cabin fever; whatever your reason for heading outdoors to hunt shed antlers, it's always a good time. Finding a big…
Fish Hook in hand
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How to Remove a Fish Hook and Injury Prevention

Even the most experienced anglers run into snags on some occasions; sometimes, it’s in the literal sense, as happens when getting hung up on a fishing hook as a result of a misplaced cast.   If you…
News & Tips: Hunting Deer the Benoit Way
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Hunting Deer the Benoit Way

If you are an avid hunter of whitetails, then you have likely heard of the Benoit family of Vermont. They are unquestionably the "First Family" of deer hunting in America. Shane Benoit with one of…
News & Tips: National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) Convention...
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National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) Convention

Feb. 14-16, I was in Nashville, Tenn., for the NWTF National Convention. Lots of folks had a tough time getting there because of the major snow storm back east.  This year, I was honored to emcee the…
News & Tips: The Ultimate Boat-Control Tool
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The Ultimate Boat-Control Tool

Every year, it seems I spend more and more time using walleye fishing tactics that have me fishing from the bow of my boat – tactics that require pin-point boat control and positioning. Add to that…
News & Tips: Bring on the Pre-Spawn!
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Bring on the Pre-Spawn!

Well, it’s March, and the lakes around you should be warming up, unless you are in the far North (you guys keep watching fishing shows for another 30-45 days … lol). Here in the South, the fishing is…
News & Tips: Guide to Bug Repellents
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Guide to Bug Repellents

As nice as it is to walk in the woods in early spring, it does not take long with the rising spring temperatures for ticks, black flies and mosquitoes to start hatching. In fact in most midwest…
News & Tips: Getting Started Tournament Fishing
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Getting Started Tournament Fishing

I still remember the moment rather vividly, even though I was just a teenager. I was watching my usual cavalcade of Saturday afternoon fishing shows. My mother happened to walk into the room just as…
News & Tips: North America's Best Catfishing Waters...
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North America's Best Catfishing Waters

North America encompasses thousands of lakes and rivers that produce catfish in extraordinary numbers and huge sizes. Coming up with a "best" fishing list is like trying to pick America's best…
News & Tips: Don't Miss the 2014 Bass Pro Shops Spring Fishing Classic!...
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Don't Miss the 2014 Bass Pro Shops Spring Fishing Classic!

Don't miss the free 17-day Bass Pro  fishing and boating Spring Fishing Classic event which runs from from Feb. 28 to March 16 at Bass Pro Shops stores in the United States and Vaughan, Ontario…
News & Tips: Fixed Blade Knives a Must for Hikers
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Fixed Blade Knives a Must for Hikers

A few decades ago, a specific knife style became popular for not only avid outdoorsmen and women, but also for thousands of youngsters and adults interested in a survival tool — the survival knife.…