Ridiculously Smart Decoy Strategies
Duck/Goose Hunting

Ridiculously Smart Decoy Strategies

If ducks and geese in your area have learned to recognize traditional decoy spread configurations, it’s time to leave complacency behind and invent a new decoy strategy. The following decoy spreads were devised by savvy […]

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Gun News

NRA-ILA Daily Alert 2-11-2016

Colorado: Tell Your Representative to Support Repeal of Arbitrary Magazine Ban – In 2013, the Colorado Legislature restricted the ability of law-abiding gun owners to protect themselves by limiting the amount of ammunition a firearm magazine […]

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Boat News

Fishing In The Third Dimension

Sonar has been opening anglers’ eyes to the underwater world ever since Lowrance first made waves with its iconic “little green box” back in 1957. In the years since, fishermen have enjoyed a steady stream […]

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Conservation

18 Foot Burmese Python Captured

A massive Burmese python large enough to ingest deer and alligators was captured by a permitted python researcher in the Everglades National Park in Florida recently, CBS Miami reported Tuesday. The python, found along a […]

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Fishing News - Salt

Go Fish for 7/18/15 by Capt. Bill Miller

Night time fishing is a good way to beat the summer heat and Tampa Bay offers many opportunities. Dock lights attract bait fish that attract other fish like speckled trout, redfish, snook, ladyfish and more.

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Fishing News - Fresh

NW PA Fishing Report: 1/01/15

Brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism. What’s biting in the lakes, streams and rivers of Crawford, Erie, Mercer and Venango Counties? FRENCH CREEK – Flowing through all four counties. Editor’s note: By […]

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Bass Fishing

Schooling Bass Like Noise

In late summer, the schools of bass that are feeding on forage fish will respond to lipless crankbaits that provide noise.  The bass spend much of the fall months in schools that attack the forage […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Custom Rat-L-Traps

Often we get calls from Rat-L-Trap fans looking for colors that we either don’t make anymore or have never made. In order to meet this demand, we’ve started a custom lure program. If you have […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Jig Tactics for Bass

Looking through my tackle box when I got to the lake I was trying to decide what I should start with, after a few minutes I decided to tie on and throw a jig. I […]

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Top Fishing Headlines

Catch A Bunch In The Fall

I got to fishing again this past week. My friend Mike Gottheardt and I were chasing smallmouth bass on a river in eastern Wisconsin. We caught’em good: Lots of smallmouth and some nice ones. Nothing […]

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Ice Fishing

Sundin Misses The Snow, But Ice On The Way

Lindy Ice Blog Segment: Lindy pro staffer Jeff Sundin, a veteran guide in north-central Minnesota’s iconic Northwoods lake country, reports that his region missed the heavy snows experienced farther south with “Winter Storm Astro” earlier […]

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Big Game Hunting

Successful in 2014 NH Moose Hunt

New Hampshire’s 2014 moose season wrapped up on Sunday, October 26. While hunters have until close of business today to register their moose at N. H. Fish and Game headquarters or regional offices, preliminary figures […]

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Catfish Fishing

Classic Catfish

Last time the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service took the temperature of licensed anglers, 7-million savvy souls1 named the catfish their favored species. By comparison, 10-million anglers preferred bass, while a meager million liked walleyes. […]

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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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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

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

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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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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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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Panfish Fishing

Suddenly Summer

The smell of fresh cut grass and rising smoke from outdoor grills are undeniable signals that summer is in full swing. Days begin to shorten, but the hottest days of the year are ahead. Anglers […]

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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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Panfish Fishing

Bushwhacking Crappie at Rend Lake

Gusty spring winds blowing across the Illinois flatlands surrounding Rend Lake can wreak havoc on crappie anglers. Rend Lake Guide Kyle Schoenherr warns anglers to pay attention to the weather forecast for the wind speed […]

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Top Hunting Headlines

Bighorn is Possible World’s Record

A massive bighorn sheep that died of natural causes and was later found by wildlife officials could be a new World’s Record, according to the Boone and Crockett Club. The ram was found in Alberta. […]

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Fishing Tips

Postspawn Topwater Tactics

It’s almost like clockwork each year, you’re on fish all through the spring, spend a few weeks having a blast fishing the spawn, then they simply disappear. Call it a post-spawn funk, recovery period, or […]