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Fishing Tips

Making The Most Of Color

Making The Most Of Color, Contrast And Movement. If you’re a hunter or have ever spent time in the military, you’ve probably heard that phrase before and even if you haven’t you’ve probably made use […]

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Fishing Tips

Extra Fun With Northern Pike

When veteran bass angler Jeff Kriet has a tournament on lakes where smallmouth bass dominate, the Yamaha Pro always gears up for another species, as well. That fish is the northern pike, and Kriet looks […]

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Boat News

NightRunner Thermal Imaging System

Iris Corporation has launched its new NightRunner® Dual Payload Thermal Imaging/Daylight Color Camera, bringing enhanced safety and enjoyment to a wide variety of boats – and boaters. This product made its worldwide debut today at […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Rigging Your Gonad

Key One:  The hook must lay flat across the top of the lure opposite from where the Gonad™ weight is inserted. Key Two:  The loop of the wire pin needs extend above the bait only […]

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Boat News

Lowrance teams with MotorGuide

Lowrance has partnered with MotorGuide, a fishing brand with more than 50 years of experience designing and manufacturing electric trolling motors, to create PinPointConnect. This new interface integrates the Lowrance HDS Gen2 and Gen2 Touch […]

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Boat News

Protect Propeller Blades

Propeller blades are the most important component of an outboard or sterndrive propulsion system. That’s why Davis Instruments’ Prop Sox are an important accessory to help protect propeller blades when the boat is not in […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Guy Harvey Scholarship Application Time

­Applications are now being accepted for the annual Guy Harvey Scholarship Award to recognize outstanding achievement of Florida university students conducting research that will help support sustainable management of marine fish. The competition is open […]

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Trout/Salmon Fishing

Nantahala Salmon Run

One of the most peculiar occurrences in southern trout fishing is underway right now on the Nantahala River in western North Carolina Kokanee-salmon where scarlet red Kokanee salmon are running upstream for a life-ending spawn. […]

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Fishing Tips

Why Fish Cribs Work

   This article by Eric is the most comprehensive list and overview of fish cribs and habitat preferences utilized by most of the North American fish species I have ever come across. His career spanning […]

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Fishing Tips

Snag Proof Tip

TIPS FOR A SNAG PROOF FISHING TRIP! Want dozens of thrilling strikes…want to catch lunker bass and pike all season long? It’s easy! Just look for the weedbeds, moss or lily pads on any lake […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Bench-Style Marine Freezer/Refrigerators

Refrigeration needs aboard every boat vary, depending on the type and duration of each outing. The supremely versatile bench style cockpit freezer/ refrigerators from Frigibar Industries do it all. Keeping cold and frozen items ready […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Fish Habitat Management

All aspects of fish habitat are important and beneficial when it comes to fisheries management. From vegetation and structure to water quality, it’s important to take every aspect of your aquatic ecosystem into consideration. Structural […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Possibly Back From Extinction

A tiny Mojave desert fish that was once thought extinct — and might still be — is getting a bit more habitat in a small town near Death Valley National Park. The Shoshone pupfish, a […]

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Fishing Tips

Speed and Fall Fishing

If there was ever a time of year to think about the retrieve speed the fall is it! Retrieve speed is a deadly attraction and the problem is most fisherman forget to make it part […]

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Panfish Fishing

Trolling Crankbaits

Summer was good, and you had the crappie pinned down. You could return to the same brushpiles or standing timber and pound limit after limit. But now comes the first cold front, and, where’d they […]

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Boat News

New Rainwear for Kids and Youths

The same lightweight, breathable rainwear worn by Bering Sea crabbers braving mountainous waves, freezing spray and pitching decks is now available for boys and girls ages 2 to 16 – even if all they need […]

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Ice Fishing

Ice Safety Reminder

There is no such thing as 100 percent safe ice. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources recommends a minimum of four inches of quality ice for fishing and at least five inches for snowmobiles and […]

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Fishing Tips

A Great Night Fishing Tool

Captain Jim Durham uses “Hydro Glow Fish Lights” and so should you!  The “new” Hydro Glow Fish Light is actually an “LED”.  It is twice as bright but is half the size (and is less […]

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Ice Fishing

HT Polar Fire Sabre FX Ice Auger

Efficiently drill all of your holes with the high-performance, four-cycle engine of the Polar Ice Fire Sabre FX Ice Auger from HT Enterprises. With a built-in blade protector, muffler guard, ergonomically designed foam grip handle […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Waveborn Prescription Sunglasses

Waveborn, an innovative sunglass company for the fashion, luxury, and outdoors markets, is proud to showcase over 100 different types of polycarbonate lenses produced by Carl Zeiss, the international leader in the field of optics. […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

10 Tips for Great Field Photos

With a file of more than 42,000 big-game trophies dating back to 1830, the Boone and Crockett Club may be the world’s leader in assessing field photos. Done well, a photo has the power to […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Special gift from the NWTF and FLW

A sharp knife is the perfect companion for any outdoorsman. So is the National Wild Turkey Federation, who fights every day to save wildlife habitat and the hunting lifestyle.   Join the NWTF today for only […]

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Catfish Fishing

Top 4 Catfishing Techniques

Everyone has heard a good catfish story, right? It starts off with the person telling the story describing the staggering size of the fish. And then the storyteller’s arms stretch farther and farther apart until […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

CLAM: IceArmor Lift Suit

WARNING: READ BEFORE USE. THIS PRODUCT IS NOT COAST GUARD APPROVED. This Product is not approved by the Coast Guard as a personal flotation device or life preserver. This Product will not protect wearers from […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

NOAA Looking Into Dolphin Deaths

During the last several months, dolphins have washed ashore along the northern Gulf Coast with bullet wounds, missing jaws and hacked-off fins and federal officials said they are looking into the mysterious deaths. The most […]

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Bass Fishing

American Bass Anglers 2014 Tour

American Bass Anglers announced today the 2014 American Fishing Tour season details with several enhancements. The tournament series is draw format and consist of more than 80 divisions that offer a place for both boaters […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

KAF: Hook A Holiday Savings!

KeepAmericaFishing™ is offering an exclusive holiday deal to our advocates, courtesy of our friends at Plano! For just $85 you can choose from either the Kevin VanDam Signature Series or the 787 StowAway System tackle […]

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Panfish Fishing

Crappie Fishing Mistakes

“Every crappie fisherman has had his good and bad days.  The trick is to avoid the common mistakes all crappie fisherman make so you can always increase your chances of a good catch. Let’s face […]

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Ice Fishing

Ice Shelter Prep Tricks

Forget your lips, apply Chapstick to your teeth – the zipper teeth on your Otter ice shelter, that is. “Just a simple run of Chapstick up and down that zipper and you’ll never have a […]

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Trout/Salmon Fishing

Remove Non-native Trout?

During the week of Nov. 4, biologists with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will be surveying 18 miles of McDermitt Creek looking for and removing non-native rainbow and brook trout – part of […]

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Fishing Tips

Cold Water Fishing

The cool water of late fall allows fish to spread out and find comfort zones in a variety of levels.  Thanks giving weekend has given anglers in southern Illinois a chance for some very late […]

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Boat News

Emergency Beacons Save Lives

Emergency Beacon and Flotation Devices Save Two off Miami Beach”* read the headline of a recent press release sent in October by the U.S. Coast Guard. It continued, “A personal locator beacon (PLB), life jacket […]

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Bass Fishing

New TV Season Of The Bassmasters

Fierce competition, the biggest stars of professional bass fishing and all the newest techniques and tackle are on tap in 2014 on ESPN2.  “We’ve got a lot of upgrades in our programming coming up,” said […]

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Walleye Fishing

Blade Baits for Fall Walleye

During the late fall, visitors to 13,000-acre Pymatuning Reservoir on the Pennsylvania-Ohio border will observe uniform action being undertaken by anglers fishing from boats.  The repeated up and down motion of anglers’ arms gives the […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Lew’s American Hero Program

Lew’s® has officially launched its American Hero® Speed Stick® rod series out of genuine respect for America’s military veterans and with a sincere promise to never forget them. American Hero is more than just a […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

MarCum’s remarkable LX-9

Three-in-ones have liberated cubicles and corner offices worldwide. Used to be that the printer, scanner and copier were standalone units, eating up space with their one-dimensional capacities. In a fish house, sonar and underwater cameras […]

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Ice Fishing

Wind Power On Ice

It’s no secret:  One of my favorite ways to spend time is tip-up fishing.  I love the anticipation of setting a series of tip-ups along the edge of prime structures or scattering them across a […]

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Catfish Fishing

A Catfish’s Worst Nightmare

Selecting and then baiting up with a circle hook carries with it a small measure of uncertainty. Will the fish engulf the entire bait? Will the hook find purchase and penetrate the fish’s jaw? When […]

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Ice Fishing

The Mack Zack Shack or Mini

The Mack Zack Shack is perfect for staying the night on the ice or a shack to sleep in on your deer hunt.  Includes all the great features that have made The Zack Shack® the favorite among outdoorsmen! […]

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Ice Fishing

Gitchee Gumee Bliss

Lake Superior is big, deep and cold. Native Americans called it “Gitchee Gumee” which means Big Water. Every time I set foot on Lake Superior, this Native American name rings through my head, often to […]

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Ice Fishing

Outdoors With Tom Gruenwald Update

Native American’s use the term “Gitcha Gumee” which means “Big Water”. This weeks episode of Tom Gruenwald Outdoors is on the Big Water of Lake Superior. Read about this unusual adventure on this weeks Stories […]