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Catfish Fishing

Big catfish have no where to hide

David Shipman and Brooke Wilkins are catfish fanatics. They travel the country in search of the whiskered critters. October of 2014 found them in New Madrid, Missouri fishing the Bass Pro Shops Big Cat Quest. […]

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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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Fishing News - Fresh

Asian Carp to Be Renamed in Minnesota

The Minnesota state senate Monday approved a measure that would rename the undesirable fish “invasive carp.” It’s a response to concern that the current term casts people from Asian cultures in a negative light. Senators […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Upper Mississippi River Guide Service

Here at Northcountry Guide Service our goal is to provide a fun, quality fishing experience for individuals or families in the Bemidji area. Whether you’re after the elusive muskie, or you just want to get […]

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Boat News

Invasive-Species Report Falls Short

In reviewing the detailed GLMRIS Report announced by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on January 6, 2014 to deal with the spread of aquatic nuisance specie into Lake Michigan, the Great Lakes Boating Federation(GLBF) […]

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Videos

Catfish World Record, Maybe

As it turns out, hooking and hoisting a catfish that challenges the 124-pound world record is actually the easy part. Just ask Anthony Maggart, who pulled a 114-pound blue cat out of the Mississippi River […]

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Videos

Minnesotans Want Locks Closed

Minnesotans are worried about Asian carp moving into inland lakes from the Mississippi River— and justifiably so. As they’ve spread out from the lower Mississippi states, where they escaped, they’ve proven inexorable in their expansion, […]

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Hunting News

727-Pound Gator

No, it’s not a crock: Two hunting parties in Mississippi both bagged alligators weighing more than 700 pounds. Only three days into the start of Mississippi’s alligator hunting season, NBC News reported that Dustin Brockman […]