Fishing holidays: In pursuit of the wolf fish - Telegraph

Fishing holidays: In pursuit of the wolf fish - Telegraph: "Jeremy Wade, presenter of 'River Monsters’ on ITV, recalls his pursuit of the wolf fish in South America and suggests some more angling adventures ."

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DS Fly Fishing: Tie-Fast Knot Tyer, Recycled Waders, Product Reviews, Regal Rotary Vise, Wading Boots

DS Fly Fishing: Tie-Fast Knot Tyer, Recycled Waders, Product Reviews, Regal Rotary Vise, Wading Boots: "Well my review of the SAGE ZXL has been a long time coming. A little while back I wrote a blog post about trying to find the perfect #5 weight fly rod. After trying several rods, including a Winston Boron IIX, an Orvis Helios, and the "budget" Sage Vantage, my two favorites were the SAGE Z-Axis and ZXL. I understand the Z-Axis is SAGE's most popular rod. "

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See how Michigan may change rules for fishing pike, muskie | MLive.com

See how Michigan may change rules for fishing pike, muskie | MLive.com: "State fisheries officials are developing surveys to gauge public support for several potential changes to pike and muskie regulations for 2012."

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How To Fish Crankbaits | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

How To Fish Crankbaits | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC:

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Flipping and Pitching Explained | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Flipping and Pitching Explained | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "In today's bass fishing, when there are so many tricks and techniques that come and go by the wayside, there are two techniques that will be here for a long time. These two techniques have become to bass anglers what the ever-popular Carolina rig has, a vital part of their fishing arsenal."

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Barra season begins - but wild weather makes fishermen nervous - Northern Territory Country Hour - ABC Rural Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Barra season begins - but wild weather makes fishermen nervous - Northern Territory Country Hour - ABC Rural Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "The Northern Territory barramundi commercial fishing season begins next week, and fishermen are looking forward to a good haul."

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Fly Fishing Tips That Save | anglerzsupply.com

Fly Fishing Tips That Save | anglerzsupply.com: "Fly fishing is not only a sport but an art form. That being said, it’s easy to understand how the many intricacies that are involved with catching fish in this manner can get complex and confusing. Here are four simple things to remember that could help your productivity when fly fishing."

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Fish Habitat Projects | Freshwater Fishing News

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Fish Habitat Projects | Freshwater Fishing News: "The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will provide more than $3.3 million to support 68 fish habitat projects in 36 states across the nation under the National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP). An additional $9.9 million in partner contributions, over $13.2 million in total, will go toward restoring and enhancing stream, lake and coastal habitat, as well as to improving recreational fishing and helping endangered species."

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Fly Angler's OnLine "Build Your Own Graphite Rod"

Fly Angler's OnLine "Build Your Own Graphite Rod": "OK, you've learned to cast with the best, you tie your own flies and you're looking for a new way to personalize your flyfishing pleasure. A new fly rod would be nice. Maybe you should build your own. If you build it yourself, you can choose from components you'll never see on a factory rod. You could make it prettier than any factory rod you've ever seen. All you have to do is buy the right stuff and build it right. It can't be that hard, can it?"

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More Hoochie Mama Peace River Fishing Action! | flyguys.net

More Hoochie Mama Peace River Fishing Action! | flyguys.net: "Well I hated to leave with my last post on such a negative note so I’ll tell you that my son Timbre and I went out to the Peace River last weekend and had a good day! The river was rising (came up three feet in 4 hours) and the fish were biting!"

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Fizzing can save fish caught in deep water

Fizzing can save fish caught in deep water: "Jack Wollitz has been a tournament bass angler since 1984, fishing events all over Ohio, western Pennsylvania and western New York. As a member of the Mohawk Valley Bass Club in Youngstown, Ohio, Wollitz has fished a number of tournaments on Lake Erie"

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Skinny Fish, Big Reason | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Skinny Fish, Big Reason | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "Sometimes things are not always as they seem. As biologists, we sometimes get locked into a comfortable little box and miss something, especially when we hear the same questions, over and over."

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How To Walk A Frog | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

How To Walk A Frog | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "Do you know how to walk a frog? Not a Zara Spook, but a frog? Well we teach you the tricks to walking a frog in this video."

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TV celebrity joins fishing contest | Stuff.co.nz

TV celebrity joins fishing contest | Stuff.co.nz: "There's a chance people entering this year's Taranaki Kayaking Fishing Classic could end up on television.

Matt Watson, one of the most well-known fishing personalities in the country, of the ITM Fishing Show has entered the competition."

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The Clean Theme When Fishing With Night Crawlers

The Clean Theme When Fishing With Night Crawlers: "This tip is a cool one, and will help keep your boat mess free and your hands clean. I like this just for that alone."

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Hank Parker's Fishing Tips | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Hank Parker's Fishing Tips | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "Legendary bass fisherman Hank Parker reveals his fishing tips, tricks, and techniques for you!"

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Texas Rig | How To | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Texas Rig | How To | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC:

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Big Sword Story: Daytime Swordfishing Off Florida's Coast

Big Sword Story: Daytime Swordfishing Off Florida's Coast: "So far the fall of 2011 has proven to be a bit on the windy side, which has not allowed us to do as many swordfish trips as I would like. Luckily when the weather has cooperated we have gone out to the sword grounds and have caught fish. "

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"Hooked" on the Details: Proper Fishing Hook Usage

"Hooked" on the Details: Proper Fishing Hook Usage: "People often want to know my secrets to success. The truth is there are many factors, but none is as important as the attention I pay to the smallest details."

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B.A.S.S. Bans Alabama Rig, Other Rigs | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

B.A.S.S. Bans Alabama Rig, Other Rigs | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "B.A.S.S., upon the recommendation of its Bassmaster Elite Series Rules Committee, has amended its bass fishing tournament rules to limit anglers competing in the Bassmaster Classic and Bassmaster Elite Series to the use of a single lure during practice and competition."

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Deschutes River: To Wear Felt or Not to Wear Felt? « Rogue River Outfitters Blog

Deschutes River: To Wear Felt or Not to Wear Felt? « Rogue River Outfitters Blog: "The discussion gets more intense the closer we get to the unbelievable Salmon Fly Hatch on the Deschutes River. Do you wear felt on the bottom of your boots or have you made the switch? We stopped wearing felt about 3 years ago, and started recommending to those that travel outside of the state to do the same."

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Fishgator - Freshwater Kayak Fishing

Fishgator - Freshwater Kayak Fishing:

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Drowning Worms | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Drowning Worms | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "Nearly every Saturday afternoon during the 1960's, my daddy grabbed four fishing poles and hollered, "Who wants to go fishing?" My brothers and I dropped what we were doing, climbed the back fence, and tromped through the woods to the pond at the defunct Bedford Boys Ranch, near Euless, Texas. "

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Gar Anglers Sporting Society How To Catch a Shortnose, Spotted, or Florida Gar

Gar Anglers Sporting Society How To Catch a Shortnose, Spotted, or Florida Gar: "These three gar, shortnose, spotted, and Florida, are relatively easy to catch. Their snouts are wide and therefore provide more of a target to sink a hook. Even with the best techniques, you will miss some of the gar that hit, but they are much more forgiving than the giant alligators or the tricky longnose. "

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Dispelling Snell Knot Theory? | FishStrong

Dispelling Snell Knot Theory? | FishStrong: "If you’ve read my previous article, Snell Knot Test, you may have some doubts about the snell knot. It’s no secret… I’m a little down on the snell knot. A 45% percent hookup ratio is nothing to get excited about. That should never happen as far as I’m concerned. Simply sharing my snell knot statistics is one thing, but explaining why I got those statistics is another."

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Texas Rig | How To | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Texas Rig | How To | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC:

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Frogs Catch Bass | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Frogs Catch Bass | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "It's no real surprise that lures resembling frogs and toads catch fish. Small ponds and lakes provide frogs with shelter, food, a place to reproduce and raise their young. Although lures which resemble frogs will catch bass almost any time of the year, summer and fall is prime time to be fishing with amphibian shaped lures."

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Are You Ready? | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Are You Ready? | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "Cold and slow bass fishing. That's what you will face in your tournament fishing at this time of year. On the local and state level, most of you won't start competing until next month."

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The touching scenes of friendship between Filipino fishermen and the world's biggest fish that show man can be at one with nature | Mail Online

The touching scenes of friendship between Filipino fishermen and the world's biggest fish that show man can be at one with nature | Mail Online: "Like giant goldfish, these massive whale sharks don't mind being fed hand to mouth by their fishermen friends.

Photographed near Oslob in the Philippines, the groundbreaking images show close relationship previously not thought possible.

Captured by conservationist Shawn Heinrichs, the once-in-a-lifetime behaviour of the half dozen whale sharks up to 25ft long and the 12 or so fishermen draws gasps of disbelief from casual observers."

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Putin defends amateur fishing - UPI.com

Putin defends amateur fishing - UPI.com: " Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says efforts to promote recreational fishing has made the process too bureaucratic."

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Backing to Fly Reel | Killroys Fly Tying

Backing to Fly Reel | Killroys Fly Tying: "Pass tag end of backing around spool hub two times and bring it out again between the same set of reel pillars. Tie an overhand knot in end of line and tighten."

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The DIY Double Decker Frugal Fly Box Build! | flyguys.net/blog

The DIY Double Decker Frugal Fly Box Build! | flyguys.net/blog: "This project came about not so much because of the money but because of the inability to find a pre made fly box of the size, quality and configuration that I was looking for. Basically, I was looking to reduce the number of my many little fly boxes down to one single package BUT (big but) I wanted that package to be as compact and efficient as possible. So with that in mind I began my search but, to my disappointment,"

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Common mistakes made when fishing for trout - by Marlin Bressi - Helium

Common mistakes made when fishing for trout - by Marlin Bressi - Helium: "Trout are a very wily and cautious species, easily spooked and often fickle. This, of course, is one reason why they are a favorite game fish of millions of anglers all over the world. Other species may grow larger or fight harder, but the ability to catch trout is a true test of a fisherman's skill, patience, and technique. "

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Dailymotion - Berkley 100% Fluorocarbon and Vanish Line - a Life &Style... - StumbleUpon

Dailymotion - Berkley 100% Fluorocarbon and Vanish Line - a Life &Style... - StumbleUpon:

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Salmon DNA used in data storage device

Salmon DNA used in data storage device: "Salmon ... they're good to eat, provide a livelihood for fishermen, are an important part of their ecosystem, and now it seems that they can store data. More specifically, their DNA can."

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Boy Catches Enormous Crayfish - national | Stuff.co.nz

Boy Catches Enormous Crayfish - national | Stuff.co.nz: "Eight-year-old William MacKenzie, from Blenheim, was in a boat with family in Queen Charlotte Sound fishing for blue cod when he pulled up a 4.4 kilogram (9.8 pound) crayfish on his fishing line."

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About This Site | SpinnerfallAnglers.com

About This Site | SpinnerfallAnglers.com: "They tell you in college to refrain from beginning a paper with a quote, but we’re going to do it anyway. Here’s John Gierach, famed fly-fishing writer, on whether he used outdoor writing from other authors as a guide early in his career:"

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HowStuffWorks "Bluegill Lures and Baits"

HowStuffWorks "Bluegill Lures and Baits": "You may find that you have the greatest success fishing for bluegill­, as well as the most f­un, when you use light tackle. Try two- or four-pound test monofilament line on an ultra-light graphite rod. Be sure to move slowly while fishing, whether you choose live bait or lures, because slow-moving aquatic insects make up the regular bluegill diet [source: Schwartz]."

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Baja Fishing Report, Baja Fishing, Tuna Fishing, Dordo Fishing, Yellowfin Tuna, Sportifshing

Baja Fishing Report, Baja Fishing, Tuna Fishing, Dordo Fishing, Yellowfin Tuna, Sportifshing: " A few impressive cow-sized tuna, and even a super-sized fish came to the cleaning station at La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos in San Jose although the action was not very consistent."

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Bass Habitats | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Bass Habitats | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "Rivers can provide excellent habitat for bass. Rivers are highly oxygenated and the oxygen is usually evenly mixed from top to bottom. Rivers often receive less fishing pressure than lakes. Temperatures in a river are moderate as compared with lakes. Rivers are generally slightly warmer in winter and cooler in summer than lakes. Look for bass close to, but out of, the direct flow of the current. Shoreline objects such as stumps or logs serve as current breaks;"

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The Emotional Roller Coaster | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

The Emotional Roller Coaster | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "You've decided it's time to move to the next level toward becoming a professional on the BASS tour. But before you make the move, you should first understand the emotional roller coaster and how to accept the highs and lows."

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2nd artificial reef is being built in Lake Pontchartrain | NOLA.com

2nd artificial reef is being built in Lake Pontchartrain | NOLA.com: "The reef, named the Dudley and Kim Vandenborre Reef, honors the man who approached the Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana with the idea to recycle the material from the Twin Spans damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 to build artificial reefs in the lake."

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'Secret' bait helps young angler reel in title - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

'Secret' bait helps young angler reel in title - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com: "The 15-year-old can hardly blame anyone for trying to find out what she uses. She has, after all, won four straight titles in a holiday fishing tournament at her hometown's Community Center Dock."

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New year brings new fishing chances | The Natchez Democrat

New year brings new fishing chances | The Natchez Democrat: "We had record high water levels on one side of the levee that created panic along the Mississippi River. On the protected side of the levee we had near record low water levels on the area lakes due to lack of rainfall. Once the Mississippi River dropped to a favorable stage for fishing (which is approximately 35 feet on the Natchez gauge) we enjoyed some great fishing on the Old Rivers thanks to the flood."

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Man found dead aboard fishing boat in Dutch Harbor | Anchorage Daily News - The News Tribune

Man found dead aboard fishing boat in Dutch Harbor | Anchorage Daily News - The News Tribune: "DUTCH HARBOR -- Unalaska police are awaiting autopsy results for a crewman found dead of unknown causes on a fishing vessel docked in Dutch Harbor, the chief of police said"

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No easy answers to New England cod crisis - Nation - Wire - BradentonHerald.com

No easy answers to New England cod crisis - Nation - Wire - BradentonHerald.com: "In an industry where agreement comes slowly, the sudden prospect of huge fishing cuts to protect New England's codfish inspired a quick consensus: Scores of fishermen will be ruined if those cuts are passed."

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Cheap Carp Fishing Tackle Tips | Carp Fishing Tackle

Cheap Carp Fishing Tackle Tips | Carp Fishing Tackle: "Getting started with your very own carp fishing tackle might be very costly if you’re not sure what exactly are you looking for. So here is a carp fishing tackle tip, you don’t have to pay thousands for the best carp fishing tackle there is available."

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It’s Springtime – Then Why Not Fish For Trout? | Read About Fishing

It’s Springtime – Then Why Not Fish For Trout? | Read About Fishing: "Seasoned trout fishermen know that early spring is the best time to attend their favorite trout fishing location
It’s springtime and to most die-hard fishermen it means the spring trout fishing season is upon us. Seasoned trout fishermen know that early spring is one of the best times to attend their favorite trout fishing location. Taking their fishing poles, taking out their fishing lines, and sharpening the hooks."

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Offshore Roustabouts – Where New Careers Start On The Offshore Rigs | Read About Fishing

Offshore Roustabouts – Where New Careers Start On The Offshore Rigs | Read About Fishing: "Working as a roustabout on an offshore platform offer the prospective job seeker the opportunity of a lifetime – to break into the lucrative world of offshore employment, requiring nothing more than the desire and ability to work hard and succeed."

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