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Fishing News - Fresh

The Kids Aren’t Having As Much Fun

Throughout the Midwest and probably other parts of North America, there are some lakes that have special fishing regulations. Not many lakes, but a few. These special regulations greatly restrict the number of fish you […]

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Walleye Fishing

Top Places to Catch More Walleye

Autumn is an amazing time to chase walleye. As water temperatures cool, they feed heartily to prepare for winter. Walleye will hang out in many areas in autumn, but tributaries, bars, and humps are three […]

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Catfish Fishing

Catfish and Kids

Aggressive feeding habits, fast growth and affinity for shore line structure make the catfish a natural for teaching young and old the secrets of fishing. This feisty battler enjoys a state-wide distribution due to its […]

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Fishing News - Salt

Fishing with Bill Miller Report

Kingfish have been spotty this week. A few have been caught but not consistently. Reports say lots of kingfish are to the north of Tampa Bay. The passing cold front should push them our way. […]

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Panfish Fishing

Brush Pile Bingo For Fall Crappie

A recent road trip to North Carolina and the Southeastern Outdoor Press Association annual meeting found me in Georgia on my way back home to Florida. I had an invitation to fish some brush piles […]

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Top Fishing Headlines

Wind Is Your Friend

A walleye never feels the breeze on its face.  But rest assured, he loves the wind. That’s a fact too few anglers take into account – walleyes respond positively to changes in wind direction. How […]

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Panfish Fishing

Are You Crappie Hunting in Fall

Early in the fall, weather can be quite changeable with hot days and cool nights.  The changes can be confusing to crappie.  Once the weather begins to stabilize, with cooler temperatures the norm, fish tend […]

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Top Fishing Headlines

Lets Going Fishing Again

I went fishing last week. I’m going fishing again this week, and if things work out, I’ll be going fishing the next week also. Just a couple of days per trip, but what wonderful days […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Penn Battle II Spinning Reel

The popularity of the PENN® Battle® spinning reel continues to grow as anglers recognize the durability and fishability found in this finely crafted reel. Inspired by design innovations made possible through new technology, PENN introduces […]

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Boat News

Eliminate Barnacles Off Your Hull

Sonic Armor, LLC, a Florida based company, has completed testing the effectiveness of eliminating barnacles and algae on boats by using ultrasonic sound. Sonic Armor saves boat owners huge amounts of time, money and inconvenience […]

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Panfish Fishing

Slabs Now and Later

Fall is prime time to catch big numbers of slab crappies and prepare for ice fishing in the process. It’s easy, too. Armed with a few basic tenets of autumn fish location and behavior, you […]

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Top Fishing Headlines

Top 99 Products of ICAST 2014

The team at ODU finally finished our first annual “Top 99 of ICAST“. Very exciting. This next edition of ODU Magazine will give you a great view into the products introduced this year at ICAST. […]

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Fishing Tips

Fall Fishing At The River Bottom

Every year as we transition to late fall the bottom structure becomes more important and the ability to distinguish what type of bottom you are fishing is essential. On a lake like Guntersville the grass […]

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Inshore

Snook Numbers Are Up

Beginning September 1st, the recreational harvest season for Florida’s game fish snook, opened statewide. Snook are very popular with recreational anglers due to their mild flavor and strong fighting spirit.

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Panfish Fishing

Fall Panfish

Crappie anglers on Lake Barkley in the fall often get more than they bargained for in the form of a finny fight. Like its sister lake, Kentucky Lake, Lake Barkley is well known for panfish […]

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Catfish Fishing

Record Monster Albino Catfish

A Cornish pensioner landed himself in the record books after catching the world’s biggest albino catfish smashing a record set by his mate an hour before. Retired pals Tom Herron, 68, and John Edwards, 74, […]

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Catfish Fishing

Catch Catfish

Catfish anglers know the water and its surrounding structure above and below the surface.  For those who ply the rivers of Illinois this often can be quite a challenge. They study the vegetation to find […]

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Walleye Fishing

Swim Jig Walleyes

Would you like to catch more walleyes throughout the open-water season, from the first idyllic days of spring right through the gales of November? Then think outside the box, and don’t be afraid to test […]

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Fishing Tips

Circle Hooks Benefits

Because circle hooks help to significantly increase fish survival rates when practicing catch and release, they have been incorporated into live bait regulations for many states. The difference between a circle hook and a J-hook […]

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Panfish Fishing

Fall For Panfish

I’ve said it so many times, and I don’t like to be redundant, but the autumn period is a wonderful time to go fishing for pretty much any specie of gamefish that swims in the […]

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Catfish Fishing

A Tiny Toothy Catfish

Kryptoglanis shajii is a strange fish – and the closer scientists look, the stranger it gets. This small subterranean catfish sees the light of day and human observers only rarely, when it turns up in […]

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Inshore

Summer Snook

Snook are Florida’s premier inshore species and summer is a great time to fish for them. You have options for where to find these hard-fighting fish but it comes down to this: Do you want […]

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Walleye Fishing

Jigging Up Walleye

Walleyes are much harder to pattern in fall than in summer because most lakes stratify during the summer months, forming distinct temperature layers. The shallow water is usually too warm for walleyes and the deep […]

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Catfish Fishing

Marinated Catfish

Juicy New “Meat” Methods Reinvigorate Bait, By Ted Pilgrim, Mar · i · nate (v) – to put meat or fish in a sauce for a period of time to add flavor or to make […]

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Catfish Fishing

New WV Blue Catfish State Record

First Reported By WV Metro News: An excursion to check out new gear turned into the fishing trip of a lifetime for Cabell County angler Austin Hoffman, who hooked a state-record blue catfish. The fish […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

The Future Of Fishing

The predawn quiet was overwhelming. Only the timeless sound of water rushing around the rocks of a mountain stream could be heard in the distance. The old man was relieved. It had taken him forty […]

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Panfish Fishing

State Record Fish In Creston

Jefferson Post reported 1st: It was a team effort that landed 13-year-old Victoria Navaroli a state record fish from a private pond in Creston.  In the early morning hours of July 12, the 13-year-old Charlotte […]

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Walleye Fishing

Product Spotlight: Lindy’s River Rocker

Lindy’s River Rocker has a curved profile and streamlined shape that produces a wide rocking wobble. Whether it is cast or trolled, this exaggerated action will draw strikes from a variety of species. Designed and […]