Fishing Tips
CATCH WHAT WANTS TO GET CAUGHT
Another fishing season is here. Something you can do to catch more fish and enjoy your time on the water even more is to be flexible in your fishing goals. You’ll catch more fish year […]
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From The Desks of the ODU Writers
East Coast meets West Coast Rod Reviews- Fitzgerald Rods and Dobyns Rods
Dee Thomas is widely known as the “Father of the Flippin” technique and back in 2000 for his lifetime achievement while bass fishing was inducted to “The Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame”. The California Sportsmen […]
Bass Fishing
Bad Taste of What Can Happen in Professional Fishing
Prime Bass Reported – The recent Bassmaster Elite tournament at Winyah Bay just finished, but the controversy continues. Carl Jocumsen was leading after the first day with 19lb 11oz, an impressive weight for a fishery […]
Trout/Salmon Fishing
Go Hunting for Spring Trout
Springtime brings more light and warmer temperatures changing the creeks, rivers and streams into outstanding trout havens bursting with insect hatchess and hungry fish. A key to getting great trout fishing action in the early […]
Top Fishing Headlines
Northland Tackle – Please pass the bait, live bait that is!
Much has been made in recent years over the development of soft plastic fishing baits and artificial lures. Those baits do work and I catch my share of fish using them. I still believe, however, […]
Panfish Fishing
Forage Factors For Early Panfish
The arrival of warm, spring weather surely fires the urge to ready panfish gear and launch the boat, but Northland pro Chip Leer reminds anglers not to get ahead of themselves when they hit the […]
Muskie Fishing
Muskie Fishing
Fishing News - Fresh
Michigan Awards $3.6 M to Combat Invasive Species
The Michigan departments of Natural Resources, Environmental Quality and Agriculture and Rural Development today announced the award of 19 grant projects totaling $3.6 million, under the Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program. The program – a […]
Videos
Florida Issues Call for Anglers to Target Exotics
Reported 1st by Reef to RainForest Media. “Catch nonnative freshwater fish, get the chance to win prizes during month of April”. “Florida is home to at least 34 species of reproducing exotic fish and new […]
Panfish Fishing
IDEAS FOR EARLY SEASON FISHING SUCCESS
More and more, anglers are getting on and in the water. Some folks are fishing from boats, some are wading, and some are fishing from docks or shore. Some anglers are catching fish, some aren’t […]
Bass Fishing
Spring Flipping with Miles “Sonar” Burghoff
Of all the techniques available to an angler to catch a bass, none is more brutally intimate than the close quarters technique known as “flipping.” Getting right up in the thick stuff the fish call […]
Bass Fishing
The Poc’it Craw Entices Spring Lunkers
Spring is an exciting time of the year if you’re a bass angler. Waters warm up, and the big lady bass move to the shallows to engage in their annual spawning rituals. One avid bass […]
Panfish Fishing
DEVILS KITCHEN BLUEGILLS
Clear water with shoreline weeds and an abundance of submerged wood makes for a blue gill factory. Devils Kitchen Lake is well known for its magnificent scenery and lack of fishing pressure. As the water […]
Top Fishing Headlines
Northland Tackle-Soft Sticks and Fluke Tricks
Soft plastic baits are very popular for enticing bass. In recent years, a couple of lure-types have gained high regard among bass anglers. Stick-baits and flukes are two categories of soft plastics that have exploded […]
Fishing Tips
Swim Jig Basics
What would you say if I told you that I have found a backup bait to compliment my spinnerbait? We have all had days that when we hit the water we grab a spinnerbait to […]
Fishing News - Fresh
Blade Slingers Have Their Soft-Side
There’s no denying the best method of locating active predator fish is to cover as much water with artificial lures as possible in a short period of time. And the supreme baits to handle the […]
Boat News
Kayak Fishing in Saltwater (video)
Paddling for fish in the quiet reaches of a salt marsh has a quality that not many other experiences can equal. The only sounds are the gentle ripples of the water around the paddle as […]
Fishing News - Fresh
Pond Perfect!
A pond provides food, shelter and water for the plant and animals listed here. Can you match each with its description? Answers below. Beaver, Bluegill, Common snapping turtle, Duckweed, Green heron, Spotted salamander & Water […]
Bass Fishing
Square Bill Strategies For Bass
The square bill crankbait is a very early design of a crankbait. It has survived through decades and is the favorite style bait for those anglers that love to crank. The recent popularity of this […]
Bass Fishing
CRANKBAITS AND BOAT DOCKS
The square billed crankbaits we are using today are in the 100, 200, and 300 XCaliber series. The different size baits work at different depths. The cove in which we are fishing contains a variety […]
Bass Fishing
Four Ounces Lock In Victory For South Carolina’s Britt Myers
For the fourth day in a row, Britt Myers of Lake Wylie, S.C., made a long run to the Cooper River near Charleston, S.C., knowing that he needed to make all the right moves to […]
Walleye Fishing
Fishing News - Fresh
April 2016 Edition Of ODU Magazine
April is almost at the end and anglers are all in at this point. Good luck to all who are venturing out this spring. MAGAZINE LINK. This edition of ODU covers bass, walleye, crappie, catfish, […]
Top Fishing Headlines
Four IGFA Hot Catches – April 2016 Blue Marlin, Southern Bluefin, Speckled Peacock & Taimen
The IGFA announced the official approval of several new world record catches, including Jada Holt’s Atlantic blue marlin from Ascension, Mark Weeks’ taimen from Russia, and Meredith McCord’s speckled peacock bass from Brazil.
Walleye Fishing
Bass Fishing
27th Annual Special Olympics Maine Benefit Tournament on Lake Cobbossee
Make your plans today to attend the 27th Annual Special Olympics Maine Benefit Tournament on Lake Cobbossee…… Sunday May 1, 2016………. This is one of the very BEST Events I have ever been involved with, […]
Boat News
Humminbird SmartStrike Coming to HELIX 9, 10 & 12 CHIRP
Previously compatible with Humminbird® ONIX® units only, revolutionary fish-patterning program SmartStrike® will soon be compatible with HELIX® 9, 10, and 12 CHIRP. That’s big news for any angler who wants to eliminate unnecessary searching and […]
Panfish Fishing
Softbait strategies for open-water panfish and crappie
Artificial softbaits are all the rage for targeting panfish through the ice. Savvy winter warriors reap rewards including uncanny realism and unparalleled convenience in their quest to catch more fish. Trouble is, when the ice […]
Conservation
Sentinels of Change – Gray Whales in the Arctic
Gray whales are now making their great annual migration to Arctic feeding grounds. What they find there may be changing. Gray whales do things differently. Gray whales look different, swim farther, and fight more fiercely […]
Top Fishing Headlines
Salmon and Steelhead find “Safe Harbor” in First-Ever Agreement
NOAA Fisheries and the Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA) signed NOAA’s first-ever “Safe Harbor Agreement” at a ceremony in northern California on March 3rd, offering private landowners in the Russian River watershed incentives to enhance […]
Fishing News - Fresh
Southwest Outdoors Club Big Buck Sportsmen’s Show
Hunters and anglers from across Southwestern Ontario are expected to flock to Tilbury this month for the biggest hunting and fishing show this side of Toronto.Now in its 12th year, the Southwest Outdoors Club’s Big […]
Panfish Fishing
Johnson Rolls Out New Additions to the Crappie Buster Family
Tournament crappie anglers know to slow it down to coax more bites and Johnson lures do that so well. The new Johnson™ Crappie Buster® Shad Swimmer and Shad Curltail are designed to fish slow and […]
Bass Fishing
Rebel Lure’s Florida Small-Water Adventure – By Jeff Samsel
Having seen several crocodile warning signs earlier in the day while fishing a canal off Biscayne Bay, my 11-year-old son Asher jumped about three feet back when he approached a steep canal bank and looked […]
Bass Fishing
Z-Man Launches 3rd Project Z: Breaking Down the Bite Video
Built around one of the core ideas in Z-Man’s tag line – the “science” of fishing – the third season of the company’s groundbreaking Project Z video series utilizes a combination of live video and […]
Fishing News - Fresh
Berkley Launches Fantasy Fish Camp Contest
It doesn’t matter if it’s friendly or for a check, Berkley anglers are always looking for ways to catch more fish. Berkley is offering all anglers a chance to live out the dream of competitive […]
Fishing News - Salt
10 Year Old, Catches 147kg Marlin To Break IGFA Record
KEILOR Park’s Makayla Buttigieg has broken a world fishing record and is already angling for her next big catch. The 10-year-old fishing champion accompanied her father Darren Buttigieg to the New South Wales coast on […]
Fishing News - Salt
Your April newsletter is here from Anglers for Conservation
Working with Anglers for Conservation since its conception has been an eye opening experience. There are many business responsibilities and mundane tasks involved in creating a sound foundation for an upstart non-profit organization.Recruiting, training and […]
Ice Fishing
Ontario record-breaking freshwater cod
An 18-year-old from Thunder Bay may be the new “ling king” of Ontario, when he landed what could be the new Ontario record for the species. On March 5, Landan Brochu was fishing on Jessie Lake, near Nipigon,Ont., with his father, […]
Fishing News - Fresh
In the spirit of Dr. Seuss – Kansas fishing
The Topeka Capital-Journalreported 1st: There’s little doubt everyone has heard of Dr. Seuss. And this week is especially poignant regarding the man responsible for teaching many kids some of life’s greatest lessons. He was born […]
Fishing News - Fresh
Florida Guides Association Newsletter-April 2016
From the Crow’s Nest – by Captain Charlie Phillips –The crow’s nest is the highest point on a vessel and used as a lookout point. As the president of Florida Guides Association (FGA) I plan […]
Fishing News - Salt
Go Fish for 4/3/16 by Capt. Bill Miller
Snook fishing is on fire all over the Tampa Bay area. Capt. Billy Miller and his parties have been catching tons of snook including one monster that weighed 22 pounds and was released. All of […]
Fishing Tips
KVD’s new deep diving jerkbait
Collierville, Tenn. – Although KVD is renowned for his prowess with several baits, his affinity for few of them rival that of a jerkbait. Kevin has successfully adapted his northern jerkbait skills to bodies of […]
Fishing News - Fresh
Shimano’s Caenan Reels Ideal for Young Anglers
For anglers looking for their first baitcasting reel, or experienced anglers who understand the word ‘value’, Shimano offers its new Caenan 150 casting reels. Three models are available – the Caenan 150, left-hand retrieve 151 […]
Fishing News - Fresh
New From Shimano – Socorro Saltwater Spinning Reel Series
When it comes to the right reel to tackle saltwater fishing challenges, anglers know gears are one of the most important features to consider. Shimano now offers its Hagane cold-forged drive gear in the newly-designed […]
Trout/Salmon Fishing
Steelhead and salmon are Idaho’s heavyweights
Want to catch big fish? Of course you do, and if you want to consistently catch them, steelhead and salmon are your best bets. Let’s look at the tape, scale and ticker. The average Idaho […]
Bass Fishing
Jackall Lures Introduces New Bass Lures
Packing the same lifelike action as its larger original, Jackall Lures now offers its new Gantarel Jr. swimbait. With a 5-inch double-jointed body, a steady retrieve creates a natural ‘S’ swimming pattern, plus the lure […]
From The Desks of the ODU Writers
Historic Elite on the St Johns, Fl …..The Return of the Zen Master!
In Western Culture the term Sensei/Zen Master has been used to refer to any number of public figures in sports and entertainment, meaning a teacher or a person who demonstrates detachment and control in stressful […]
Panfish Fishing
Bacon-wrapped crappie (VIDEO)
Cooking bacon-wrapped crappie with OOD Food Editor Andrew Rochon. This simple, yet tasty dish can be made right on the shore or Ice. One frying pan is all it takes. Healthy greens and hearty red […]
Videos
NH-Stocking of Walleye in Moore Reservoir
The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department and Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department will hold a public informational meeting at 6 p.m. on April 18, 2016, at the Littleton Opera House, 2 Union Street, Littleton, […]