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News & Tips: Seatrout Tactics
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Seatrout Tactics

Seatrout have one or two fang-like teeth that makes them an effective predator. Spotted seatrout, also known as "specks" or "spotsides" along the Gulf States, have a large distribution on the…
News & Tips: Go Native With Wildlife Habitat
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Go Native With Wildlife Habitat

Wildlife food plots provide tons of high quality nutrition to whitetails and are a cornerstone of most well managed deer properties. But, before you get all wrapped up in an expensive food plot…
News & Tips: Keeping a Fishing Log
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Keeping a Fishing Log

We've all had days on the water when the fish refuse to bite no matter what technique or bait we toss their way. Scratching our heads only brings greater discomfort, and we resign ourselves to…
News & Tips: Kentucky Students Dominate 2013 Archery Championships...
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Kentucky Students Dominate 2013 Archery Championships

Kentucky students dominated the World Archery Championships as students from 22 states and 2 provinces in Canada, representing 175 schools, met in St. Louis, Mo., at America Center and Edward Jones…
News & Tips: Basics of the Quick Strike Rig
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Basics of the Quick Strike Rig

Fishing with live bait presentations has always been a proven method for catching just about anything that swims, especially walleye, pike and muskie. Unfortunately, with these methods the majority…
News & Tips: Great Camp Gear & Gadgets for Any Type of Camper...
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Great Camp Gear & Gadgets for Any Type of Camper

  Camp gadgets are the rule rather than exception in modern campgrounds. Today, many enthusiastic campers actually make trips to campgrounds and backcountry campsites to test, try and enjoy their…
News & Tips: Which is Right for You: Air Mattress, Sleeping Pad or Cot?...
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Which is Right for You: Air Mattress, Sleeping Pad or Cot?

Having a peaceful sleep is important to stay rested, alert and relaxed, but getting enough shut-eye can be challenging beyond the walls of your home. Investing in a quality cot, mattress or sleeping…
News & Tips: Ten Commandments for Topwatering
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Ten Commandments for Topwatering

Bass fishing is like a religion. To the ardent angler, it is a passion fueled by an insatiable appetite for all things Micropterus. Biblical? Not really, although, if truth be known, we are all…
News & Tips: Travel: Tarpon Lodge, Pine Island, Florida...
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Travel: Tarpon Lodge, Pine Island, Florida

I've always liked to think of southwest Florida as my second home. So many of my angling travels relied on and reveled in Gulfside resort towns like Naples, Sanibel, and Sarasota. But there was one…
News & Tips: Muzzleloader Buyer's Guide
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Muzzleloader Buyer's Guide

As whitetail deer populations continue to soar in many parts of the North, East and South, often near populated areas, more and more jurisdictions are adding primitive-weapons-only seasons. Out West…
News & Tips: Cranking Up Summer Crappie
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Cranking Up Summer Crappie

Hang around this country's top crappie anglers and you'll learn something that may surprise you. During summer, when crappie move to deeper haunts, many of these anglers don't fish with jigs, minnows…
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Pike in Transition

The wheels screeching on the runway woke me from my two hour nap. The plane, my third one for the day safely landed at Chicago’s O’Hara airport. I have been traveling to Canada for more than 30 years…