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Walleye Fishing

Sauger Tips

With the air temperature in low 90’s and water temps in low 80’s the crappie fishing seems to have slowed a bit.  It is times like these that conversations among anglers tend to drift to […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

FL Trophy Catch Team Visits Phoenix Boats

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission representatives recently visited the Phoenix factory in Tennessee to announce the lucky five finalists for the TrophyCatch registrant’s giveaway. All five anglers will receive a nice prize. One will […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

ODU 2013 Fall Fishing Edition

Are you ready for some fall fishing? In case you haven’t noticed fall is here and our September issue should give you some insight and great tips on what to look for this fall. Numerous […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Trap or Treat

Trap or Treat. Rat-L-Trap is in the spirit of Halloween with a very good promotion. The Trap or Treat Basket is valued at $50.00 but you can purchase the basket for the discounted price of […]

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Fishing Tips

Fall For Big Pike

The fall fishing season is approaching quickly.  The autumn months offer a wide variety of fishing opportunities, for big fish and lots of fish.  Many anglers plan annual trophy trips for bass, walleyes, and muskies […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Have You Heard Of National Pro Staff

NPS was established November 2011 to bridge the gap between the general angler and the Professionally Sponsored Angler. They work with dedicated Teams of Sponsored Anglers from major Companies and Outfitters to deliver the best […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Start With A Rat-L-Trap

Anglers normally have a favorite lure, and an idea of what they are going to use.  There are also those days when it is a new body of water, drastically changed conditions, and so on […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

TMF – Top 2 Fall Lures

Fall is one of the best seasons of the year to freshwater fish since the air temperature starts to cool, the lakes become a bit calmer, and the changing color of the leaves makes for […]

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Trout/Salmon Fishing

Atlantic Salmon Conservation Announcement

Atlantic Salmon Conservation Announcement. It’s always nice to announce that we’ll have more money available for groups working to preserve wild Atlantic salmon populations and habitat. In the next round of grants an extra $100k to […]

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Bass Fishing

Corrao/Stefan Win Cabela’s NABC

After claiming the 2013 Cabela’s North American Bass Circuit’s Team of the Year title in September-and scoring an impressive victory at the trail’s Sturgeon Bay qualifier in May-Jason Corrao and Matt Stefan capped a storybook […]

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Inshore

Redfish Autumn Run

The fall redfish run is no myth. Not only do these fish gather and spawn in September, but it coincides with the fall mullet run, which lasts well into October. That’s when millions of these […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

FISH PINK

WFN: World Fishing Network, the leading entertainment destination and digital resource for anglers throughout North America, invites anglers to ‘Fish Pink’ and support Casting for Recovery in their mission to improve the quality of life […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Change is in the Wind

The growth of the fishing industry is taking on another big movement to include women as one of the fastest growing sport in America. The inclusion of women on the water fishing hard, daily and […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Take action to end the shutdown

Because Congress and the Administration can’t come to agreement on the nation’s finances, millions of anglers like you are now locked out of federal lands and waters. Tell the President and your Members of Congress that it’s […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

NATIONAL PARK CLOSURES

On September 27, 2013, I received an email from the Everglades National Park Superintendent, explaining that the Everglades and Dry Tortugas National Parks would close on October 1, 2013 due to the government shutdown. Within […]

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Bass Fishing

Kenneth Wiley Wins G-Man Contest

Kenneth Wiley suspected he was being pranked when he got the Oct. 2 call telling him he was the grand-prize winner in the Fish With G-Man Sweepstakes on Bassmaster.com. “I was shocked,” Wiley said. “I […]

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Bass Fishing

2014 College B.A.S.S. Schedule

They say your college years are the best of your life. If the 2014 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series schedule is any indication, it’s true. Covering five geographic regions and some of the best bass waters […]

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Shooting sports

KC Boilermakers & Youth Shooting

The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s (USA) 5th Annual Boilermakers Kansas City Sporting Clays Shoot held in Lenexa, Kansas on Saturday, Sept. 21 set a USA shoot financial record, raising a whopping $131,839 to support the USA’s […]

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Ice Fishing

10 Easy Ice Fishing Tips

Your boat is parked in the garage. The fluids for the motor are drained and the trolling batteries are stowed away. The line still strung on that new reel you got for Father’s Day is […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Wetlands More Cost-Effective

Removing nitrogen from the environment “the natural way” by creating a wetland is a long-term, nutrient-removal solution, more cost effective than upgrading a wastewater treatment plant, but it isn’t necessarily socially beneficial to offer landowners […]

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Inshore

IGFA Chance: Golden Trevally

Check out this potential men’s 10 kg (20 lb) tippet class record for golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus)! Italian angler Paolo Pacchiari caught the 10.43 kg (23 lb) fish out of Exmouth, Australia this past April […]

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Offshore

Bluefin Tuna Proposals

NOAA Fisheries is seeking public comment on a proposed rule and its associated draft environmental impact statement, which aims to reduce discards of Atlantic bluefin tuna, and outlines measures to help ensure compliance with international […]

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Fishing News - Salt

Invasive Shrimp Mounted

Stuffed shrimp are decor rather than dinner for some of the folks who have caught the really big sort — invasive Asian tiger shrimp — in the Gulf of Mexico or along the East Coast. […]

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Offshore

920-pound Tuna

It was the catch of a lifetime. Three fishermen engaged in an epic battle with a 920-pound tuna on their line, the largest one to come into Massachusetts’ Gloucester Harbor this year, CBS Boston station […]

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Walleye Fishing

Catching Big Walleyes

Large fish will characteristically push smaller fish off of a spot. And bass fishing is probably the best example of this. Not all docks, for example, are the same. Some docks have a better scour […]

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Bass Fishing

Largemouth first, then smallies

The traditional winning strategy for multiple-day tournaments on Sebago Lake is to pursue largemouth bass the first day and chase smallmouth the following days. That will likely be the case this week during the B.A.S.S. […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Bass In The Slop

Many anglers think that once the summer heat is gone and the days aren’t as long that the frog bite has died off on the favorite lake or river.  That is in correct, some of […]

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Bass Fishing

Bass Fishing Hall of Fame Aquarium

The Bass Fishing Hall of Fame (BFHOF) board of directors has selected Acrylic Tank Manufacturing (ATM) of Las Vegas, Nev. as the official and exclusive aquarium manufacturer for the Hall’s permanent site in Cullman, Ala. […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Berkley Goes back To School

Berkley fishing tackle is going back to school. High school that is, with the launch of the first International High School Fishing Club Challenge. Beginning August 15th, high school fishing coaches can register their school […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Guntersville Report 9/7/13

We moved to September but the weather was more like August, hot muggy and sunny skies combined to slow the bite some this past week! Although early in the day we were very successful, the […]

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Bass Fishing

Watson Wins!

In the highlight of his pro fishing career, James Watson of Waynesville, Missouri won the Bass Pro Shops PAA Tournament Series tournament on Table Rock Lake in Branson, Missouri today. Watson, who qualified for his […]

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Videos

Controversy Growing in Florida

With the increase amounts of money showing up in tournaments, and the increased pressure to win even the smallest of tournaments the local tournament trials in Florida are concerned with a practice called “Baiting of […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Freedom to Fish Act

Enactment of the Freedom to Fish Act in early June forced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to back off its plan to restrict access below 10 dams on the Cumberland River and its tributaries. […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Fish Like A Pro

Do you know how to fish like a pro? Though many of us have the potential to “fish like a pro”, few of us will ever attain that level. Having the ability to potentially do […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Removal of Gill Nets

After years of fighting over the gill nets being placed across Lake Guntersville a ruling last November out of the courts finally removed them from our lake. It was an epic battle stemming back to […]

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Fishing News - Salt

Asian Tiger Shrimp – ALERT

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is aware of and constantly monitoring the appearance of Asian tiger prawns, a non-native species, in Louisiana waters.  LDWF officials are asking local shrimp harvesters to report catches […]

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Bass Fishing

Shallow Water Smallmouth

In the Northeast, some of the toughest fishing is during post-spawn. The weather is finally nice, the lakes aren’t yet super-crowded with summer pleasure boaters, yet tournament weights are generally on the lower side – […]