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Fishing Tips

Recovering Crankbaits

One of the most frustrating aspects of crankbait fishing is losing them. Crankbaits are one of the more expensive terminal tackle components. Production costs force the prices a little higher each year. They are effective […]

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Fishing Tips

Time To Start Planning For Open Water

In some areas of the Midwest, open water fishing is still several weeks away. In other areas of the Midwest, especially rivers, anglers are on the water chasing walleyes, sauger, panfish, and whatever else.

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Fishing Tips

Michigan DNR Fishing Tip

Fishing for walleye, northern pike and panfish this time of year There are numerous tactics anglers can implement to experience great walleye, northern pike and panfish fishing. When fishing for walleye, one thing to think […]

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Fishing Tips

Cold Water – Hot Action

February is an interesting month for bass anglers across the country. Anglers in Florida are usually already chasing post spawners while anglers in the north are still drilling holes in their frozen lakes and reservoirs. […]

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Fishing Tips

Got Cabin Fever?

If you are like me and live in Canada or in the Northern United States where there is still ice over the water, and the ice is not thick enough to be on safely, but […]

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Fishing Tips

Flurry of Flash and Fury

Contrary to popular belief, predator fish are not always the unwavering marauders anglers make them to be. A brisk barometric crash or climb, intense-fishing-pressure or misjudged moon phase can take their toll on of the […]

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Fishing Tips

Finding Fish In The Winter Zone

While anglers in northern Illinois are fishing through holes in the ice, anglers in southern Illinois are still fishing open water lakes and ponds. Mild winters allow southern Illinois anglers to fish all year around.  […]

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Walleye Fishing

NPAA ‘Proactive and Professional’ Conference

The recently concluded National Professional Anglers Association annual conference set attendance records, entered the 2015 season with a record number of fishing and marine industries supporting partners, and raised a record amount of money for […]

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Fishing Tips

Ice Out Patterns For Cold Fish

Some fishermen mistakenly seem to think fish are like bears and go into hibernation.  Large game fish often turn up at this time of the year.  The fish are not as aggressive when water temperatures […]

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Fishing Tips

TGO Sneak Peek, Episode 38

Ice fishing tournaments are becoming more and more popular each winter. In this episode of TGO, Tom Gruenwald Outdoors, Tom travels to Upper Thompson Lake in Montana to witness The Perch Assault Ice Fishing Tournament. […]

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Top Fishing Headlines

Join The ODU Team

  ODU Magazine™ is looking for an Online Advertising Sales Professional (part-time) who has a strong love for the outdoors, like us. YOU will earn a TOP Commission no other company is willing to pay! […]

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Trout/Salmon Fishing

Dam Removals Bring Fish Back

In the last few years, we’ve been a part of two major dam removal projects in the Northwest. And now we’re seeing major results: fish swimming, and spawning, in the restored habitat. On the Rogue […]

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Bass Fishing

Schooling Bass Like Noise

In late summer, the schools of bass that are feeding on forage fish will respond to lipless crankbaits that provide noise.  The bass spend much of the fall months in schools that attack the forage […]

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Panfish Fishing

Johnson Crappie Buster

Designed to put more slabs in the boat, Johnson™ Crappie Buster baits come in six unique offerings suited for catching crappie across the country in the variety of waters these fish call home.  Crappie Buster […]

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Catfish Fishing

Big catfish have no where to hide

David Shipman and Brooke Wilkins are catfish fanatics. They travel the country in search of the whiskered critters. October of 2014 found them in New Madrid, Missouri fishing the Bass Pro Shops Big Cat Quest. […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Custom Rat-L-Traps

Often we get calls from Rat-L-Trap fans looking for colors that we either don’t make anymore or have never made. In order to meet this demand, we’ve started a custom lure program. If you have […]

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Panfish Fishing

As Fall Heads Target Panfish

Fishing, or more accurately “catching,” is about to bust wide open in south Georgia rivers, thanks to river levels dropping within the banks, according to personnel with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources […]

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Panfish Fishing

You Can Catch ‘em! Crappies

This may come as a surprise – open-water crappie season lasts far longer than April and May. It can be year round. Sure, boats crowd the shallows when crappies are spawning and the morel mushrooms […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Jig Tactics for Bass

Looking through my tackle box when I got to the lake I was trying to decide what I should start with, after a few minutes I decided to tie on and throw a jig. I […]

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Catfish Fishing

Catfish and Jugging

Fall is here, leaveshave turn, and the afternoons are cooling off. Deer season is here. Time to stock up on nylon cord, circle hooks, and the few remaining pool “noodles” left over at Wal-Mart from […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

NW PA Fishing Report: 11/16/14

What’s biting in the lakes, streams and rivers of Crawford, Erie, Mercer and Venango Counties? CRAWORD COUNTY – Pymatuning Lake: Hooker @ Hills Country Store (filed 11/17): “I’ve been busy hunting rather than fishing, but […]