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News & Tips: Take Advantage of Twilight on Ice
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Take Advantage of Twilight on Ice

  The author holds a walleye that hit at dusk on Lake of the Woods in Ontario's Sunset Country. While ice fishing is exhilarating, it can also be challenging at times. Frigid temperatures will…
News & Tips: Cliff Pace Wins 2013 Bassmaster Classic...
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Cliff Pace Wins 2013 Bassmaster Classic

Petal, Mississippi's Cliff Pace is the 2013 Bassmaster Classic Champion. He achieved this lofty goal handily despite experiencing what he described as his 'hardest day of fishing in his life'. While…
News & Tips: What Size Hole?
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What Size Hole?

Choosing the best hand auger is a common dilemma for those that flood the ice each winter. Many feel that "The bigger the hole, the better," but, depending on specie targeted, ice conditions, and…
News & Tips: Price of Quality Fishing Gear
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Price of Quality Fishing Gear

We were fishing together, yet we were fishing in two different boats. Neither of us wanted to fish from the back of another angler's boat — both of us wanted to fish from the bow. Our solution has…
News & Tips: NASCAR - Sportsman Racing Team
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NASCAR - Sportsman Racing Team

Excited About the 2013 NASCAR Season! Watch last year's Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year, Ty Dillon, driver of the #3 Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Chevy truck and the #14 Bass Pro…
News & Tips: Tying the Black Nose Dace
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Tying the Black Nose Dace

The Black Nose Dace is one of those special fly patterns that fly fisherman have favored for years on end. This streamer pattern was created by Art Flick in the early 1950s and works when nothing…
News & Tips: Traditional Archery: Pulling Your Weight...
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Traditional Archery: Pulling Your Weight

Just as there are riflemen who believe bigger is better when it comes to calibres for big game, there are archers who believe that the heavier the draw weight of the bow, the more suited it is to…
News & Tips: Soft Baits for Ice Fishing
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Soft Baits for Ice Fishing

Fishing on ice regularly puts anglers up against fussy fish and coaxing onlookers to bite is one of the fun challenges of this winter activity. Carrying a good selection of soft-baits and using them…
News & Tips: Dos and Don'ts of Fishing
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Dos and Don'ts of Fishing

There are a lot of things you can do right in fishing and a lot of things you can do wrong, simply because you didn’t know there were such things to be aware of when fishing. To shed some light on…
News & Tips: Premium Ammo Worth the Price
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Premium Ammo Worth the Price

I am a skeptic by nature. If it sounds too good to be true, chances are it is. But when it comes to ammo, I admit I've gotten sucked in to the hype from time to time. To finally clear the air, I…
News & Tips: Early Season Stream Smallmouth
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Early Season Stream Smallmouth

  Dave Keith with a smallmouth.   One of the more overlooked angling options is that provided by smallmouth bass in smaller flowing waters, low gradient streams, the kind that get too warm for…
Angler with spinning rod and reel leaning over boat lifing up a largemouth bass
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Choosing Freshwater Fishing Gear: Spinning or Baitcasting

Newcomers to the freshwater angling world usually find spinning gear easier to use than baitcasters. Learning to operate and cast with a spinning rod and reel is relatively painless and free from the…