How To Guide

Boater raising up a boat anchor
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How to Choose the Right Anchor for Your Boat (video)

January 12, 2013
From the basic "cement-in-a-bucket" to the tried-and-true fluke or grapnel, boat anchors come in a wide variety of shapes and styles. No matter what size boat you skim across your favorite lake in,…
News & Tips: Walleye Tackle - Fishing Tip (video)
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Walleye Tackle - Fishing Tip (video)

January 11, 2013
Walleye fishing tackle is becoming more specialized every day, but it’s still among the simplest of rigs you can buy. One of the best all-aroundcombinations is a six-foot, lightor medium-action…
News & Tips: White Bass - Fishing Tip
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White Bass - Fishing Tip

January 11, 2013
White bass, unlike their striped, large- and smallmouth cousins, don’t just hit anything they can fit into their mouths. When the fight is over and the fish is caught, every bit of effort put into…
News & Tips: Bowhunting 101
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Bowhunting 101

January 11, 2013
Bowhunting is a straightforward process. You get close to your quarry by stealth or ambush, then you slip an arrow into its vitals before it ever realizes that you were there. After that, you recover…
News & Tips: 13 Steps to Tying the Adams Dry Fly
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13 Steps to Tying the Adams Dry Fly

January 10, 2013
In fly fishing, the Adams fly is easily one of the most recognizable dry flies ever conjured from a vice. Originally designed by Len Halladay of Michigan in 1922, the Adams is as effective on today's…
News & Tips: Winter Fishing Yields Big Spotted Bass...
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Winter Fishing Yields Big Spotted Bass

January 10, 2013
As the days get shorter and the nights longer, waters begin to cool down. One secret to enjoying productive winter fishing is to get in the tailraces below dams. This tactic works all across the…
News & Tips: Choosing an Ice Auger Plus 10 Tips for Improved Performance...
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Choosing an Ice Auger Plus 10 Tips for Improved Performance

January 9, 2013
When the hard water finally sets in, anglers everywhere will be converging on its frozen surface to drill their way through to the fish below. Show up without an ice auger, however and your chances…
News & Tips: Tying the Blue-winged Olive
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Tying the Blue-winged Olive

January 8, 2013
A fly tying how-to guide with step by step instructions. Found on streams throughout the United States, the Blue-winged Olive (BWO) mayfly is a staple food source on which trout rely year round. If…
News & Tips: Sight Fishing with a Lure at Mosquito Lagoon...
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Sight Fishing with a Lure at Mosquito Lagoon

January 8, 2013
While the title carried a play on words, it was barely a suggestion of the fun and finesse that accompanied the hunt for redfish and other gamesters I had with Captain Willy Le of Native Fly Charters…
News & Tips: Late-Season Duck Hunting Tips
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Late-Season Duck Hunting Tips

January 5, 2013
If you've ever sat in a duck blind late in the season, when most of the mallards have already migrated further south, the weather is the worst of the winter and what ducks you do see are hunter smart…
News & Tips: Four-season Family Camping
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Four-season Family Camping

January 4, 2013
The 12-year-old boy stared out the window with a depressed look on his face. The overnight low temperature had left a fine coat of frost on the scene outside his window. Even though the morning's…
News & Tips: Fishing for Bonefish & Permit in Biscayne Bay...
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Fishing for Bonefish & Permit in Biscayne Bay

January 3, 2013
I recently asked veteran South Florida flats fishing skipper Captain Bob Branham what he considered to be the key factors in choosing an effective trip to Biscayne Bay's salty shallows. He mentioned…