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News & Tips: How to Catch Catfish: Noodling Tips
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How to Catch Catfish: Noodling Tips

Noodling, handfishing, catfishing, cat-daddling, stumping, tickling, grabbling: Whatever you want to call it, it’s the practice of fishing with your bare hands. While technically noodling can refer…
News & Tips: Getting Ready for Coyotes
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Getting Ready for Coyotes

It is no secret among hunters that interest in coyote hunting has skyrocketed in the last decade. Why not? Coyotes are more populous than ever, after decades of being hunted, trapped and poisoned.…
News & Tips: Bass Pro Shops to Open Store in Tacoma, Wash....
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Bass Pro Shops to Open Store in Tacoma, Wash.

Bass Pro Shops Announces Plans to Open First Store in Pacific Northwest Springfield, Missouri — Bass Pro Shops, America’s most popular outdoor store, will locate its very first store in the Pacific…
News & Tips: When a Fish Lie Isn't a Story
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When a Fish Lie Isn't a Story

Contrary to popular belief, when a fly fisherman talks about a fish lie, he isn't about to break into a fish story. Instead, he's referring to places where fish position themselves in the water. Fish…
News & Tips: Gun Maintenance Tips
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Gun Maintenance Tips

Normally going south isn't a good thing unless you are headed on vacation. Firearms are no different, and, as a gunsmith, I see too many firearms headed south. A split gun barrel. Take the rifle…
News & Tips: Lake St. Clair, Michigan Is on My Bucket List...
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Lake St. Clair, Michigan Is on My Bucket List

Lake St. Clair's is a big lake with clear blue water and plenty of small protected bays with lots of channels and rivers for small boats. All my life I have chased the tournament trail. Some success…
News & Tips: Travel Blog: Rio Hermoso Hotel
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Travel Blog: Rio Hermoso Hotel

It was finally in the winter of 2008 that I was able to realize my dreams of traveling to the Argentine Patagonia region to fly fish for brown and rainbow trout. My research on this majestic region…
News & Tips: Get Your Wife or Girlfriend Out Hunting...
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Get Your Wife or Girlfriend Out Hunting

    If your significant other expresses interest in hunting, there are several ways you can make the experience a great one. (photo courtesy of queensofcamo.com) I'm sure many guys wish that their "…
News & Tips: Bream Fishing Basics: How-To Tips & Fishing Tackle...
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Bream Fishing Basics: How-To Tips & Fishing Tackle

Many remember childhood fishing trips with friends or relatives, dunking worms in a pond or creek, and thrilling to the pulse of scrappy sunfish at the end of the line. Some recollect dogwoods…
News & Tips: Hunting Boots Buying Guide
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Hunting Boots Buying Guide

I can't tell you how many times I've been in a hunt camp where someone had a problem with their hunting boots. Usually the boots weren't dry or warm enough, but other times they didn't offer enough…
News & Tips: Early Season Fly Selection: Stoneflies...
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Early Season Fly Selection: Stoneflies

Standing on the banks of the Brule River this weekend I noticed the first signs of life rising off the water. Stoneflies are the earliest significant hatches fly anglers will see every spring and one…
News & Tips: Keys to Largemouth Bass Fishing
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Keys to Largemouth Bass Fishing

Largemouth bass can be found in most lakes, rivers, streams and ponds across the continent. Due to their accessible nature and willingness to strike a wide range of lures, it's no wonder this feisty…