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Wiley X Knife For Serious Anglers

Stylish Design, Fish-Ready Protection and Glare-Cutting Vision Combine in This New Wiley X® Climate ControlTM Model. If you want to read the water like a pro, be the sharpest looking angler on the water and […]

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Ohio Angler Throws Back Record Drum

On Saturday, June 22, John Cates of Mansfield, Ohio, caught what would have been the state record for all-tackle freshwater drum. The only reason he doesn’t hold the record is because he threw the sheepshead […]

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Cedar Park Reservoir Receives New Habitats

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) partnered with Austin Fly Fishers (AFF) and the City of Cedar Park Parks and Recreation Department to conduct native aquatic vegetation plantings at Brushy Creek Reservoir on June 21. […]

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IGFA Lifetime Member Offer

The IGFA is celebrating 75 years of productive science and ethical angling- and we couldn’t have made it this far without your support! Show your pride in supporting the next 75 years of great fishing […]

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More Everglades Area Wildlife Protection

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) at its June meeting in Fort Myers on Thursday passed a resolution calling for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to develop an Emergency High Water […]

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Berkley 2015 High School Challenge

Calling all high school fishing teams! It’s time for coaches to register their fishing team for the second annual Berkley High Challenge. Go to the Berkley website home page http://www.berkley-fishing.com and click on the trophy […]

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NEW Michigan State Fishing Records

 The Department of Natural Resources confirmed two new state-record fish last week for brown bullhead and black buffalo. The state record for brown bullhead was beat by a fish caught by Jared Gusler of Fairview […]

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The Rewards of Rod Selection

When it comes to catching bass from flowing water, you’d be hard pressed to find anyone better at it than Bassmaster Elite Series pro Stephen Browning. Need proof? How about taking his second title in […]

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Boat News

Mercury Unveils New FourStroke Outboards

Mercury Marine is proud to introduce its new 75, 90 and 115hp FourStroke outboards, which offer the ultimate combination of power and thrust, unsurpassed fuel economy, extreme reliability and smooth, quiet operation – all in […]

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Nugent’s Kamp for Kids

25 years ago, guitar icon Ted Nugent set out on a selfless mission to get kids out of malls, off the streets, away from drugs and crime, into the woods and in touch with the […]

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NW PA Fishing Report: June 23, 2014

Brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism. What’s biting in the counties of Crawford, Erie, Mercer and Venango? Important alert – Beware E15! – Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission Executive Director John Arway […]

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Boat News

Don’t Let July 4th Be Your Undoing

A long day on the water exposed to the elements combined with crowded waterways and alcohol consumption could be a recreational boater’s ultimate undoing this July 4th holiday weekend. “It’s mayhem,” said BoatUS Foundation President […]

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VA Outdoor Report 6/26/2014

This June 26th edition of the Outdoor Report posts just after Fathers Day and just before the 4th of July Independence Day holiday. These two holidays have special meaning to all of us who enjoy […]

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Trout/Salmon Fishing

Bass-Tastic Trout Tactics

Every technique has its time and place. As an example, take the tactics brown trout anglers employ most often. Fly flingers are fond of unfurling tiny tidbits of spun fur and feather to fish feeding […]

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Panfish Fishing

Go To Bushes In the Spring

Fishing the heavy buck brush and shallow openings is a key to finding early season crappie.  Sometimes anglers must pole their boats far into the shallows to find the big ones. All kinds of jigs […]

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Boat News

Beaver Attacks Kayaker

A beaver jumped out of Irondequoit Creek and attacked a man in a kayak, knocking him into the water last Tuesday. The victim, Michael Cavanaugh of Lima, N.Y. is recovering after being treated in the […]

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NY State Record Inland Striped Bass

The record for catching the largest inland striped bass in New York state was recently broken, the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced this week. Eric Lester of Campbell Hall caught a 60-pound female striped […]

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USA Take Kids Fishing Day Events

Two Union Sportsmen’s Alliance Work Boots on the Ground ‘Take Kids Fishing Day’ events over the June 7-8 weekend in La Crosse and Eau Claire, Wisconsin, gave nearly 170 youth the chance to enjoy the […]

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Boat News

Boat Buying Season Scams

It’s summer boating season and some boat buyers and sellers are getting ripped off, say’s Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS). The national boater advocacy, safety and services group outlined the top boat […]

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Block Clean Water Rule

Sportsmen warn Congress about dangers of derailing Clean Water Act protections for waterways and wildlife habitats. This week, the Senate could derail a federal rule that would restore some Clean Water Act protections for headwater […]

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Oneida Lake Hatchery Kids Fishing Class

June 28,  2014. Local author/ photographer Spider Rybaak and Mike McGrath of McGrath & Associates Carp Angling Services will conduct their popular kids fishing program at the NYSDEC Hatchery, NY Route 49, Constantia, on June […]

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Bass Fishing

Fish Facts: Smallmouth Bass

The smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) goes by many nicknames—smallie, bronzeback, brownie, and brown bass, to name a few—which is a sign of its popularity in different parts of the country. It’s the most trout–like bass, […]

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Boat News

Back-Up Guide for Easy Trailer Hook-Ups

To make it easy for fishing, boating and recreational enthusiasts and others to hook up a trailer, DuraSafe offers the patented Coupler Connect®. The device enables the driver to easily guide the trailer coupling directly […]

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Bass Fishing

Record Chickamauga Lake Bass

When Mark Powell decided to go fishing on Chickamauga Lake at 4 a.m. on Monday, May 5, he never expected to hook the biggest largemouth bass ever caught there. But that’s exactly what happened! Powell […]

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Minnesota Muskies Growing Huge

When Minnesota muskie anglers take to the water this weekend, they’ll be chasing bigger and bigger fish — but apparently less and less of them. That’s the emerging suspicion of state biologists monitoring populations on […]

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Walleye Fishing

On Mille Lacs, who’s eating who

No fish species eating dinner in Lake Mille Lacs ordered walleye as more than a side dish last year. That’s one bit of information — preliminary and full of disclaimers — emerging more than a […]

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Trout/Salmon Fishing

Protections for Colorado’s Fraser River

Trout Unlimited and its grassroots members Tuesday called on the Army Corps of Engineers to include a river protection package recently approved by stakeholders in the final federal permit for Denver Water’s Moffat project. For […]

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Boat News

E-TEC Engine Debuts With New Look and Performance

The competition between two Wisconsin outboard engine manufacturers got cranked up a notch last week when Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., which makes Evinrude engines in Sturtevant, launched products in a market where Mercury Marine, of […]

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Bass Fishing

Secret Bass Technique

Professional bass anglers are a secretive group when it comes to how they catch their fish. Sure, they’ll go into great detail about what rod, reel and lure they caught them on, but they dance […]

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Boat News

Hurricanes Preparation Tips For Boaters

In the weeks after Superstorm Sandy struck Staten Island’s Great Kills Harbor, orphaned boats littering city streets blocked traffic and interfered with access by emergency vehicles, and sailboat masts snagged in overhead wires delayed the […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

New Habitat Reaches Higher

The much needed ability to reach higher in the water column with artificial fish habitat has been un-locked with the new HighRise Habitat with Vertical UpRiseTM from Fishiding.com. This balancing act between weight, height, leverage […]

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June Icebergs on Lake Superior

DNR Marine Warden Amie Egstad eased up the power on her boat today to make a Friday afternoon round of what she thought would be routine commercial net checks on Lake Superior as the temperature […]

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Fishing Tips

Stream Smallmouth Bass Fishing Heating Up

A late spring following a brutally cold winter caused some hit and miss stream smallmouth fishing this past spring. With the warm winds of June now here, stream smallmouth are settling into their summer patterns […]

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Trout/Salmon Fishing

Stronger Protections Ahead for Salmon

A coalition of advocates for alternatives to pesticides, conservation organizations, and fishing groups have reached a significant agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The agreement restores reasonable no-spray buffer zones to protect salmon and […]

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Catfish Fishing

Catfish Spawn Brings Hot Fishing

Water temperatures are climbing into the upper 70s, sending channel catfish to rocky banks in reservoirs to spawn. June is one of the most productive months to fish for them. Channels like crevices to spawn […]

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Walleye Fishing

Mississippi River Cartography

Mississippi River cartography is ever changing through man made changes, such as dredging and natural causes like seasonal floods. This summer Navionics is working with the Walleye Searchers of Minnesota using the Navionics SonarChartsTM program […]

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Bass Fishing

Bass University Frog Week

Today starts FROG WEEK on The Bass University TV.  Frog fishing is definitely one of the most exciting and heart breaking ways to fish for big bass!  New this week on Bass U TV are […]

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Post Spawn is Here

Post-spawn bass act and feel somewhat like a person who has just endured a major operation, and after such trauma the bass population is quite stressed, not very hungry, and in such a debilitated condition, […]

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VA Outdoor Report 6/11/2014

This June 11th edition of The Outdoor Report is full of ideas for gifts for that special “outdoors Dad.” But you won’t see ads for new fangled gear and gadgets to wrap up as a […]