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August is National Shooting Sports Month

August is National Shooting Sports Month®, a time to celebrate one of America’s great pastimes — target shooting — a safe, fun activity enjoyed by millions of people across the country, with millions more wanting […]

Top Fishing Headlines

Late July 2018 Edition Of ODU Magazine

Summer Fishing With The Very Late July Edition Covers Bass, Walleye, Carp, Pike, Lake Trout and more. Look out for a very nice article about rhino preservation and another on woodcock hunting minus a dog […]

Dan’s Fish ‘N’ Tales®

A Little Gun Rap From Dan – Part 31 (Multi Post)

This edition of Gun Rap covers a bunch from Dan – Browning 1911-22, Do-All Outdoors Blast Back targets, Henry Repeating Arms Frontier Long Barrel, American Tactical GSG Firefly, American Tactical AT-97 Elite 177 air rifle […]

Dana Benner Outdoors

Make Good Use of Long Winter Days

  Being in New Hampshire means that there are only two seasons: winter and preparing for winter.  Winter up here can start as early as October and last right through until April. It means long […]

Conservation

20 eastern indigo snakes just released

Twenty federally threatened eastern indigo snakes have just been released in northern Florida at The Nature Conservancy’s Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve (ABRP)as part of a collaborative endeavor to return the native, nonvenomous apex predator […]

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Use A Personal Watercraft To Beat Everyone

   With their small size and limited amenities, personal watercraft – or PWC – would hardly be considered typical vessels for chasing large fish. But what they lack in onboard amenities, they make up for […]

Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

Find the fish and more!

Walleye anglers during late summer often struggle putting good catches of fish in the boat.  Lots of baitfish, a summer of fishing pressure, and peaking pleasure boat traffic are all factors that can “make it […]

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Long Island’s Sunken Treasure

  Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the largest expansion of the Artificial Reef Program in state history, carried out by a multi-agency coordination and with recycled material from the Department of Transportation, Canal Corporation, and the […]

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Video Reveals the Wackiest

Riot Baits, makers of the acclaimed Fuzzy Beaver and Minima Jig have announced a revolutionary worm design they claim is the “wackiest worm on the planet”. The new worm design produces dramatically more action when wacky-rigged than […]

Bassin' With Captain Mike Gerry

Vertical Jigging Tips

As summer progresses and we start to see the water get really-warm from top to bottom the fish many times move into the deepest parts of many reservoirs forcing you to look for deep fish. […]

Oneill Outside Radio
O'Neill Outside

O’Neill Outside Radio Show 07-14-18

Every “Brand New Unused Saturday Morning” from our cabin in the North Georgia Mountains, we bring you a different kind of outdoor radio show. We have people calling in from all over the United States […]

From The Desks of the ODU Writers

Oklahoma Fisheries Division Stocks 15.5 Million Fish

Largemouth bass fishing this spring was notable in Oklahoma, as anglers hauled in several lunkers in the 13- and 14-pound classes. Those monster fish undoubtedly resulted from previous stocking efforts of Florida largemouth bass (FLMB) […]

Dan’s Fish ‘N’ Tales®

A Special Day

This was a special day, and a little more than just a fishing report. Pepper and I went to Colchester, IL to visit my parents grave for the first time. Mom was buried last year […]

Largemouth On Frogs
Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

Largemouth On Frogs

I got to go fishing recently.  Mike Frisch and I only had a few hours to be on the water, and it was in the middle of a hot summer day:  Not always the best […]

Dan’s Fish ‘N’ Tales®

A Little Gun Rap From Dan – Part 29

I partially pre-assembled the new Shoot ‘N’ Plink™ sign that will be put in place at the shooting range property. The decals are not in place, as you can see, and I know the Henry […]

Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

Walleyes on the move!

The heat of summer can be a difficult time to catch walleyes.  These fish certainly eat during summer, but most lakes are full of bait fish now so walleyes have lots of options when it […]

Dan’s Fish ‘N’ Tales®

A Banning Day

Don Banning and I had a fairly good day of fishing. I started out with a 19″ bass on a BFishn Tackle electric blue Ringworm on a H20 Precision jig head. Later I switched to […]

North America food plots
O'Neill Outside

North America food plots (VIDEO)

Here is our continuing series on getting the maximum results out of your Whitetail Institute of North America food plot. Today, we look at grass and weed control again. Grasses and weeds could be out […]

Farm Bill
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Ducks Unlimited encourages Farm Bill

As Congress reconciles the Senate and House Farm Bills, Ducks Unlimited remains committed to passing a bill that delivers strong voluntary, incentive-based conservation programs that promote healthy wildlife habitats benefiting all Americans. “As a fifth-generation […]

Dan’s Fish ‘N’ Tales®

A Little Gun Rap From Dan – Part 28

Umarex USA, Inc, H&N Sport Exite 177 pellets, Umarex USA, Inc. 22 cal Strike Point, and the Shoot ‘N’ Plink™ firing range are covered in these next three videos from Dan. This is a follow […]

From The Desks of the ODU Writers

The Frontier Sports Fishing Report

The Frontier Sports Hwy 38 Resurfacing Update…. Friday, June 29th, 2018 There are 2 road closures on Hwy 38 today. One is a 24-hour closure just south of North Star Lake Road and the other […]

Summertime Shadows
Bassin' With Captain Mike Gerry

Summertime Shadows

It’s no secret that the heat of the summer forces you to look for different structure and find something that is a reason for fish to hold on a spot. If your observant enough you […]

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The Wildlife Society and Future Wildlife Professionals

The Boone and Crockett Club today announced its support of The Wildlife Society (TWS) and their programs to certify the next generation of wildlife professionals. “As champions of science-based wildlife management efforts and policy, the […]

Dan’s Fish ‘N’ Tales®

A Little Gun Rap From Dan – Part 27

Umarex USA, Inc. Strike Point, Umarex USA, Inc. Trevo, OTW Red Dot scope and H&N Sport Excite Pellets all cover in this entry into A Little Gun Rap From Dan. A few days (See below) ago I […]

Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

TROLLING FOR SUMMER CATCHES

100 degree temperatures hit parts of the Midwest much earlier than normal this year.  Those temperatures created warmer water, and the warmer water has fish moving, and they’re also hungry.  In early summer different species […]

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Eradicating Snakeheads in Arkansas

Recent electrofishing surveys for northern snakeheads, which have been found downstream of Wilbur D. Mills Dam in Desha County, have not been able to locate any of the invasive species in the river or backwaters […]

Dan’s Fish ‘N’ Tales®

A Natural Forage Baits Day

Today’s fishing was mainly a Natural Forage Baits day, along with some help from Blitz Lures LLC and BFishn Tackle; but also caught a couple on a perch colored Rat-L-Trap. I caught fish on a […]

Bassin' With Captain Mike Gerry

Keys to Deep Fishing

As we progress further into the deep bite, there are some keys to getting bit and I will try to give you my ideas on making the ledge bite pay off for you. The first […]

Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

FEED THE FISH WHAT THEY WANT

Summer is here: It came quickly this year.  Fishing in the summer can be very productive.  However, on that day when you’re on the water, fishing conditions might not be the best for the species […]

ODU Top 25 - 2018
Top Fishing Headlines

ICAST 2018 ODU Top 25

Every year for as many years as ODU has operated, we have singled out a slew of newly introduced products from each year’s ICAST. These are fishing products that our team feels are “GREAT” for […]

Conservation

A Wolverine’s 15 Minutes of Fame

High altitudes. Lots of trees. Deep snow. Frozen animal carcasses. No people. These are a few of a wolverine’s favorite things. And for one particular wolverine in Wyoming, being on camera rounds out the list. […]