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How Weather Affects Ice Fishing

Winter has settled into Wisconsin and the Midwest for going on two months. It’s been a tough winter with about average snowfall, but temperatures have been way below normal with Arctic blasts coming through the […]

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Temps Warming And Bites Heating Up!

Come out of hibernation anglers! With the deep freeze over, bites are heating up across the Ice Belt. On Minnesota’s Upper Red Lake, ICE FORCE pro Brad Hawthorne is icing 15 to 40 eater walleyes […]

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How Important is Lure Color

I always tell people that lure color should be one of the last things you change when fish aren’t biting. Change size, shape, even presentation, before you change color. Since they are near-sighted, vision is […]

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Making Fish Bite

As we move thru January and into the still cold month of February one thing that remains constant is that you must present your bait so the bass reacts to it. If you are someone […]

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Success with Side Imaging

Modern recreational anglers are blessed with abundant electronic resources for locating and catching fish, including high-resolution sonar, GPS chartplotters, hyper-accurate digital depth maps, integrated boat control systems, and underwater cameras…whew. However, many of the advantages

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Yamaha Pros Talk Classic

For most people, the Christmas and New Year’s holiday is a time of relaxation with family and friends, but that’s only part of the story for the 18 Yamaha Pros who will be fishing in […]

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North American Sportshow Promo

The show catches up with today’s technology to bring you the best of everything you like about a sports show. We not only bring the outdoors, indoors, we bring it to you where ever you […]

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Polar Pop-Up Muskies

Ice came early this year in Northern Wisconsin.  We had fishable ice during Wisconsin’s nine day deer hunt.  Well, hunting was slow this year.  A week before season I had a nice buck decide to […]

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Ice Trolling

Whether you run and gun like Tony Roach, or just want to lighten your load,  MarCum’s ShowDown Troller 2.0 is the most portable and powerful tool to scout structure and find biting fish under the […]

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Fishing the Ultra Light Minnow and Shad

They glitter. Shine. Shimmer in the light. Minuscule minnows and young-of-the-year fishes are everywhere. Deep, shallow, swimming amongst the thickest cover, suspended high in the water column or bellied to bottom. The fact is there […]

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Fishidy: A New Year & New Giveaways

Win New Fishidy Gear This Year Starting now Fishidy will be unveiling new t-shirts, hats and other giveaway items to weekly winners of our Braggin’ Board contest. And for the month of January, we have […]

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New Products From HT

Pro Staffer Jeff Kelm drills a hole checking ice before a short trip this past weekend. Notice the bright orange auger? That’s the new Polar Fire hand auger with the offset handle for easy drilling. […]

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Fishing Legends and Myths

Anglers are always striving for the ultimate solution in how to find and catch more fish. It might be a gadget that tells you what color lure to use, or a meter that checks the […]

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Pine to Prairie Panfish

Big fish live in big fish waters. Most seasoned anglers know this. While a fluke trophy can be caught out of almost any waters; the best way to catch big fish consistently remains to travel […]

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Snakehead is Carrier of LMBV

Activist Angler Reports: Scientists have confirmed the presence of Largemouth Bass Virus (LMBV) in northern snakeheads taken from two Potomac River tributaries. That might seem a positive development for those who view the exotic predator […]

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Not Just For Spring Bass

Wiggle Warts! Witches shouldn’t be the only ones with warts this Halloween season. Bass anglers should have them too – Wiggle Warts, that is. So before you stock up on tiny candy bars, grab a […]

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Snag Proof Holiday Sale

Looking to fill the stocking of an angler you know, or maybe you want to stock up on some baits for the 2014 fishing season, either way check out these two great Holiday deals we […]

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50lb Salmon On River Tweed

Reported by Fish Week of the UK: Salmon angler Shamus Jennings has rocked the world of fly fishing by landing the biggest salmon of 2013. The huge fish caught at Boleside Beat on the  Tweed […]

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Can artificial reefs improve local fishing?

Do artificial reefs enhance the biomass of fish species, or do they just provide a place for existing fish to congregate? If reefs congregate fish, does this increase rates of exploitation by predators (including fishermen)?  […]

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Casting Metal for Late-Season Smallmouth

As dissolved oxygen and water temperatures become more evenly distributed in water bodies in late fall, smallmouth bass can hold just about anywhere. Finding them is the key, which means presentations that cover water fast […]

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Ideas For Dressing For Winter

Winter has definitely arrived in the Midwest. The Midwest provides lots of fishing opportunities throughout the winter months for both open water and ice anglers.  Many anglers like to go ice-fishing; Many others enjoy fishing […]

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Nitrogen Fertilizer Problem

Nitrogen fertilizer applied to crops lingers in the soil and leaks out as nitrate for decades towards groundwater — “much longer than previously thought,” scientists in France and at the University of Calgary say in […]

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Classic Late Ice Action

Late ice. For me, this is truly a time of mixed emotions.  I love the feel of warming sunlight on my face, the ability to fish without having to wear gloves–at times, perhaps, not even […]