Friday, September 27, 2013

Clear Water Bass | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Clear Water Bass | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "Clear water has always been considered difficult to fish. What do you think of when someone mentions clear water? Spinning rods, light line and deep water? Sissy tackle is required, according to most country fried southern bassers. Maybe, but not all bass in clear water live in deep water and some of the bass that live in clear water can break that fairy wand with the flick of a tail."

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The Art of Fly Fishing: Dandies in the Davidson | OutdoorHub

The Art of Fly Fishing: Dandies in the Davidson | OutdoorHub: "Arthur Farrell is again in the river, though this time he has abandoned the cool draws of Tennessee for the high-mountain streams of western North Carolina. After rising early, reading from Fly Fishing with MacQuarrie (a loaner from his son), having his coffee, and kissing his wife goodbye, he headed south out of town and along the Asheville Highway to one of his favorite holes in the Davidson River."

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

▶ pike fishing tips - YouTube

▶ pike fishing tips - YouTube: ""

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▶ Florida Loxahatchee Preserve Bass Fishing. Flipping with Ricky & Capt Shane - YouTube

▶ Florida Loxahatchee Preserve Bass Fishing. Flipping with Ricky & Capt Shane - YouTube: ""

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How to Fish Falling Temperatures | OutdoorHub

How to Fish Falling Temperatures | OutdoorHub: "Falling temperatures mean the summer is turning into autumn. Fall is a great time to go fishing. Bass are feeding and they are starting to move towards their winter destinations. They usually school up in large groups and once you find one, there’s usually more in the area. There are quite a few ways I like to catch them during the fall, including top water, cranking, and with a shaky head."

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Southwest Michigan's Kalamazoo River Serves Up Bass and Pike | OutdoorHub

Southwest Michigan's Kalamazoo River Serves Up Bass and Pike | OutdoorHub: "Four or five casts into our trip, Scott Markham announced that he’d hooked “something big.”

He’d been running a crankbait near a cool-water seep in the Kalamazoo River many miles below Morrow Lake in southwest Michigan when the fish stopped it cold. It didn’t take long to realize that Markham had hooked a big pike."

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Fishing for Fall River Walleyes | OutdoorHub

Fishing for Fall River Walleyes | OutdoorHub: "Across the Midwest, many anglers are putting their open water fishing gear away. Some are going hunting, others are getting ready to go ice fishing. However, there are some, probably more than you would think, that look forward to this time of year for open water fishing. They know that right now, in rivers throughout the region, there are lots of opportunities to catch walleyes. In fact, a very knowledgeable river angler recently told me that the period between November 15 and December 15 is his favorite time to catch walleyes. Here are some tips for getting in on this action."

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Billfish Grand Slam Unofficially Nabbed by Five-year-old Angler | OutdoorHub

Billfish Grand Slam Unofficially Nabbed by Five-year-old Angler | OutdoorHub: "A father-daughter fishing trip in Outer Banks, North Carolina last month yielded the fourth-known billfish grand slam for the state. Only two are officially on record, however, and Taylor Collins, age five, almost joined that number. According to The News & Observer, her catch of a blue marlin, white marlin, and sailfish will not be added to the records because she received help from her father, charter captain Lee Collins, and friend Bo Davenport. Nonetheless, Lee Collins could not be prouder of his pint-sized angler"

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Fly Fishing Tips for Beginners, Fly Fishing Tips for Beginners 1.0 free download

Fly Fishing Tips for Beginners, Fly Fishing Tips for Beginners 1.0 free download: "Fly Fishing is a very popular fishing sport that can be both relaxing and challenging at the same time.
This app contains Fly Fishing Tips and Tricks that are ideal for beginners. When you are just starting out learning to fly fish you will want all the help and advice that you can get from the experts."

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Video: Largemouth Bass Lunges for Frog Lure | OutdoorHub

Video: Largemouth Bass Lunges for Frog Lure | OutdoorHub: "Some anglers may not know that adult largemouth are actually considered apex predators within most of their habitats. This is not surprising given their size, which can be intimidating to many would-be predators. Unless of course, it’s another bass, in which case you have a situation where they may try to eat each other."

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How to Fish the Weedline in the Fall | OutdoorHub

How to Fish the Weedline in the Fall | OutdoorHub: "The weedline is a great place to throw a bait during the fishing season. As soon as the weedline is established, and even before, predator fish will be there looking for something to eat"

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Monday, September 23, 2013

▶ Topwater Frog Largemouth Bass Fishing Tips - How to Fish a Hollow Belly Frog - YouTube

▶ Topwater Frog Largemouth Bass Fishing Tips - How to Fish a Hollow Belly Frog - YouTube: ""

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Possible Record Pacific Bluefin Tuna Caught in New Zealand | OutdoorHub

Possible Record Pacific Bluefin Tuna Caught in New Zealand | OutdoorHub: "A New Zealand fishing crew may have smashed a world record after they landed a behemoth 777-pound bluefin tuna. According to 3 News reporter Juliet Speedy, the fish was reeled in off the coast of Greymouth, on the nation’s South Island, by angler Kevin Baker."

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Sunday, September 22, 2013

Beginning of the End: The Late Fall Period | Bass Fishing Tips & Tactics

Beginning of the End: The Late Fall Period | Bass Fishing Tips & Tactics: "Regretfully, the opening part of the title is true for may bass anglers!

Even so, the waning part of the fall season can be one of the best big bass periods of any given year…

When the late fall period starts, the migration patterns of the early and mid fall periods are reversed as both baitfish and bass move back out from the creek arms and bays into the main lake area."

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Fort McMurray: Gateway to Big Fish Nirvana | OutdoorHub

Fort McMurray: Gateway to Big Fish Nirvana | OutdoorHub: "Although it was my third visit to Fort McMurray, the booming exploration city in the northeast corner of Alberta, Canada, I was still excited to see the familiar city outline stretching along the horizon as my plane landed and 28 straight hours of travel came to a conclusion."

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Fishing the Midwest for Big Fall Pike | OutdoorHub

Fishing the Midwest for Big Fall Pike | OutdoorHub: "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 in the fall. One species of fish, northern pike, can be be easier to target this time of year. If you fish a lake that has a good population of northern pike, you should take advantage of this opportunity. Here’s how."

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Bass Fishing Articles & Tips

Bass Fishing Articles & Tips: "If you are just getting started in bass fishing, you are quickly learning that the vast array of tackle available to bass anglers is sometimes overwhelming. You have to wonder, "Wow, do I really have to buy all this stuff to catch bass?""

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Bass Fishing Articles & Tips

Bass Fishing Articles & Tips: "How many times have you been out on the water and really had no idea what lure to start out with? We have all done this.

I am not really sure if there is a correct answer to this question, or not, but I will try and help give you some guidelines that I use to help make my own personal choices."

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Bass Fishing Articles & Tips

Bass Fishing Articles & Tips: "I have been asked by several people what I do to cover water whenever I am fishing, say a new lake or whenever I am trying to locate some fish, and put together a pattern. This is a subject that is very broad, and can be discussed at great length, I will try here to list some of the things that I consider when choosing a bait, and an area to fish."

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Bass Fishing 101 Tips, Advice And Help. A Top Bass Anglers Resource.

Bass Fishing 101 Tips, Advice And Help. A Top Bass Anglers Resource.: "Always keep a lookout for activity on the water gulls/tern’s diving could mean bait fish which could be getting chased by Bass..
Don’t be put off by darkness sometimes Bass come right to the waters edge after dark and chase baitfish in total darkness.
Be careful not to make to much disturbance when wading in calm shallow water, take more of a stealth approach.."

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Video: How to Properly Release Rockfish | OutdoorHub

Video: How to Properly Release Rockfish | OutdoorHub: "Releasing a rockfish can be a bit complicated, and more than a bit daunting for a first-time rockfish angler trying to preserve these long-lived creatures. Rockfish can live for many decades and the oldest have broken the 100-year mark, with a 200-year-old fish in the realm of possibility."

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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Alabama Rig For Crappie Fishing | BigFishingShop.com

Alabama Rig For Crappie Fishing | BigFishingShop.com: "The umbrella rig recently has blown up in the Bass fishing world.  Prior to fisherman finding how well the rig worked on Bass, anglers used umbrella rigs for Crappie.  The idea behind the umbrella rig is to simulate a small school of baitfish.  Often times there will be an umbrella of baits around a central bait that has a leader slightly longer than the baits used to create the umbrella.  Over the past few years fishing companies have tried and tested many version of the Alabama rig, and made adjustments.  The following Alabama rigs are proven fish catchers!"

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Video: Release Denied, Eagle Swoops Up Angler's Catch | OutdoorHub

Video: Release Denied, Eagle Swoops Up Angler's Catch | OutdoorHub: "A father-and-son fishing trip took an unexpected turn when their catch of the day was swept up by an eagle. It is not entirely uncommon for eagles to take released fish or even ones still on the line. Sharp eyesight and keen predatory instincts combine for a potent mix, and these animals certainly don’t mind skipping all the legwork. Still, the sight of one of these majestic creatures in action might just make up for it. Well, maybe not from the fish’s perspective."

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Take Advantage of Fall Migrations and Catch More Walleyes | OutdoorHub

Take Advantage of Fall Migrations and Catch More Walleyes | OutdoorHub: "The most important factor in any walleye presentation isn’t the lure, technique, trolling speed, or line size. All those things can be as important as the color of your boat. Like the way to a man’s heart, the way to walleyes’ is through their stomachs, and that means that your knowledge of the local baitfish can be the most important factor to catching lots of walleyes."

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Michigan DNR Prepares to Fight Asian Carp | OutdoorHub

Michigan DNR Prepares to Fight Asian Carp | OutdoorHub: "Sometimes preparation is more than half the battle. Field technicians from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) gathered in the St. Joesph River last week for a very important, and very hands-on training exercise. The exercise was meant to give the DNR agents further experience with how to survey and catch Asian carp, which do not yet exist in the Great Lakes. The Michigan DNR is not the only agency worried by the possibility of the invasive fish finding their way into the Great Lakes—the region provides upwards of $5 billion to neighboring states through commercial and sport fishing."

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Monday, September 16, 2013

Fly fishing tips - Louisiana Sportsman

Fly fishing tips - Louisiana Sportsman: "September is a month of transition. As we approach the fall equinox, shorter days and radiative cooling of water temperatures triggers annual migration and feeding habits."

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▶ A Trio of Trophy Blue Cats - YouTube

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Going "All In" in Deadwood | OutdoorHub

Going "All In" in Deadwood | OutdoorHub: "It’s a safe bet that Wild Bill Hickok would have been better off holding a fly rod on the bank of one of the streams around Deadwood, South Dakota, than he was sitting in a saloon holding two pairs of aces and eights, the dead man’s hand.

Deadwood still offers plenty of gambling opportunity, but the town also deals out plenty of chances to anglers for a full house of trout, walleye, perch, smallmouth bass, and other fish."

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Sunday, September 15, 2013

▶ Advanced Fishing Tips : Using A Drop Shot Worm For Fishing: Advanced Angling Techniques Precocious F - YouTube

▶ Advanced Fishing Tips : Using A Drop Shot Worm For Fishing: Advanced Angling Techniques Precocious F - YouTube: ""

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Fishing Tips : Taking Advantage of the Fall Trout Fishing Season - Yahoo Voices - voices.yahoo.com

Fishing Tips : Taking Advantage of the Fall Trout Fishing Season - Yahoo Voices - voices.yahoo.com: "As the weather begins to cool here in Northwest Montana, I can't help but get excited. No, not because of football or hunting but rather because of fishing and more to the point, trout fishing. As a person who has been an avid trout fisherman for more almost three decades, the fall season is by far my favorite time of the year ti fish for trout. If you are a person who enjoys the act of trout fining, taking advantage of the fall fishing season is of the utmost importance."

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Fishing Tips : Taking Advantage of the Fall Trout Fishing Season - Yahoo Voices - voices.yahoo.com

Fishing Tips : Taking Advantage of the Fall Trout Fishing Season - Yahoo Voices - voices.yahoo.com: "As the weather begins to cool here in Northwest Montana, I can't help but get excited. No, not because of football or hunting but rather because of fishing and more to the point, trout fishing. As a person who has been an avid trout fisherman for more almost three decades, the fall season is by far my favorite time of the year ti fish for trout. If you are a person who enjoys the act of trout fining, taking advantage of the fall fishing season is of the utmost importance."

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Popper-fishing tips | Sport Fishing Mag | Sport Fishing

Popper-fishing tips | Sport Fishing Mag | Sport Fishing: "Dave Lewis custom-builds trips for groups of United Kingdom angling enthusiasts and leads them on adventures all over the planet via Dave Lewis Worldwide Fishing.When he isn't traveling, he resides in Wales. Also a contributor to Sport Fishing, Lewis offers in successive captions some tips to help make readers more proficient in his favorite fishing of all: throwing big poppers to big fish. Here, Lewis with what is also one of his favorite topwater targets: Giant Trevally."

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Saturday, September 14, 2013

Autumn At Last | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Autumn At Last | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "Finally, a break from a long, hot and dry summer has arrived. We humans are certainly glad to see the temperatures fall and receive a little bit of much needed rainfall. Hopefully the wildlife in our area will benefit from it also."

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▶ Lake ST. Clair Small Mouth - YouTube

▶ Lake ST. Clair Small Mouth - YouTube: ""

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Fishing for Midwest Crappies in the Fall | OutdoorHub

Fishing for Midwest Crappies in the Fall | OutdoorHub: "Almost anyone who enjoys freshwater fishing enjoys catching crappies. Crappies are great on the table, they’re abundant in many waters, they’re visually appealing, and, best of all, when you get on them they can be willing biters. In the fall months, if you can find crappies they will provide lots of action."

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Virginia Family Catches 49 Marlin in One Day | OutdoorHub

Virginia Family Catches 49 Marlin in One Day | OutdoorHub: "When the Downs family of Virginia Beach came back from their fishing trip on Sunday, they all agreed that it was the best time they’ve ever had on the water. Catching nearly 50 white marlin will have that effect, with a beaming Jayme Downs calling the trip simply “remarkable.” "

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Fall Bass Fishing Tips BY Ron Howe

Fall Bass Fishing Tips BY Ron Howe: "Fall is a continuation of summer. Bass will feed shallow early in the day and move deeper as the sun comes up. On warm days in early fall Bass will still be looking for shade and good oxygen. As the days get shorter and the nights get cooler the water temps will begin to drop quickly. This change brings on the fall bite. In the fall all bass think about is food! The bass are long removed from the spawning season and the cooler water makes the bass more comfortable and they will move shallow and feed heavy before winter. The big key is that the bass will follow the bait. In fall the bait will be where the Bass were in spring. Backs of creeks, bays, coves and protected areas. Minnows will be abundant and Baby Bass will be feeding on them. When you see this use baits that imitate Baby bass."

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

10 Tips For Success | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

10 Tips For Success | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "The question I am asked most often is how to find bass on a strange lake. Of course, I'm faced with this problem whenever I travel out of state to compete in a tournament.
   There are about 10 basic rules that I feel you must use if you wish to succeed on unfamiliar waters. Really, if you use these rules on any lake, you'll improve your weight at the scales."

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5 Big Bass Fishing Tips - My Legend Boats

5 Big Bass Fishing Tips - My Legend Boats: "The thrill of hunting down a Big Bass is huge and to help you reach your goal here are some top tips to getting one on your line."

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Fall Bass fishing tips

Fall Bass fishing tips: "This time of year allows Bill Lowen to enjoy the contemplative side of bass fishing – while mercilessly crushing freakish numbers of shad-hungry largemouth. “In the fall, a lot of guys are thinking about hunting more than fishing, so the lake is usually pretty peaceful,” he says. “Plus, the bass are keyed in on shad and are often holed up in shallow water, so they’re easy to catch. This kind of fishing is right up my alley.” Ever the power fisherman, Lowen looks to incite reaction strikes with a quartet of shad imitators in the backs of creeks and bays, where much of the lake’s bait is corralled. Here’s what Lowen uses to tag and bag hefty sacks of bass this month."

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Tournament Bass Tips to Improve your success

Tournament Bass Tips to Improve your success: "I am by no means any famous super Pro Bass Angler, but Ive had a lot of Tournament success in recent years and I want to share what has made me better and hope it can help you be a better Tournament Bass Angler."

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How to Catch Great Lakes Smallmouth Bass This Fall | OutdoorHub

How to Catch Great Lakes Smallmouth Bass This Fall | OutdoorHub: "Great Lakes smallmouth bass provide some of the hottest bass action of the year during the fall. As their name implies, the challenge on these waters derives from their magnitude. Fish have plenty of room to roam from Duluth to the St. Lawrence River, and “roaming” is part of a smallmouth’s daily life. Here are three great Great Lakes fishing spots and how to catch bass there."

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Pocket : Hot Fall Fishing

Pocket : Hot Fall Fishing: "Old man winter has finally awakened and cooler temperatures are here and holding steady. For quite some time, we fall bass fishermen have been anxiously awaiting a cool down that would in turn lower our lake water temperatures. It's time to go fishing."

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Pocket : How I Became a Good Bass Fisherman

Pocket : How I Became a Good Bass Fisherman: "It all started about twenty years ago. I first got my feet wet in the back of my Dads boat. I know what you are thinking "That's no different than how I started so what makes this guy any different than me?""

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Duo Wins Catfish Tournament By 100 Pounds | World Fishing Network

Duo Wins Catfish Tournament By 100 Pounds | World Fishing Network: "This past weekend the Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail hit the waters of the Missouri River at Council Bluffs, Iowa for the last of 18 qualifying events leading up to the Cabela’s King Kat Classic. Each event this year has been outstanding and this, the final event of the year, left spectators with unbelievable excitement with the leaders surpassing the second place team by nearly 100 pounds."

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Monday, September 9, 2013

Drop-offs and Creeks | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Drop-offs and Creeks | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "Bass are, by their nature, fish that relate to structure as a major governing factor in their daily existence. There are few more important structures in an aquatic habitat than creek channels and drop-offs. Yet there are some rather important factors that fishermen need to realize about these potential holding places for bass. First we'll take a look at some features and facts about channels."

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Your Life: Night fishing

Your Life: Night fishing:

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Florida Anglers See Influx of Goliath Grouper, Call for Harvest | OutdoorHub

Florida Anglers See Influx of Goliath Grouper, Call for Harvest | OutdoorHub: "The next few days mark the peak of spawning season for goliath grouper off the coast of Florida, and many are calling for a limited harvest of these large fish to be allowed in the state’s waters. According to the Miami Herald, the harvesting of goliath grouper has been banned since 1990 in an effort to restore the fish. Over two decades later, many commercial fishermen and recreational anglers say that the fish have rebounded, and are eating more than a fair amount of other fish"

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Sunday, September 8, 2013

Fishing the Thick Stuff for Bass | OutdoorHub

Fishing the Thick Stuff for Bass | OutdoorHub: "In the late summer months, the vegetation can get thick—very thick. As an alternative to fishing deep ledges or rock piles, I will flip and punch this vegetation. To start with, I pull out the right equipment for the job, which includes a Megabass Orochi XX Flippin’ Stick and a big one- to two-ounce weight, a strong hook, and a Z-Man Fishing Punch Crawz."

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Thursday, September 5, 2013

▶ How to fillet a Salmon - YouTube

▶ How to fillet a Salmon - YouTube: ""

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Pacu Fish Discovered in Europe | OutdoorHub

Pacu Fish Discovered in Europe | OutdoorHub: "Recently, a mild panic erupted in Sweden after a fisherman found a pacu fish in his net. Pacu are closely related to the piranha, although they bear one dubious distinction from their more famous cousins. "

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Pacu Fish Discovered in Europe | OutdoorHub

Pacu Fish Discovered in Europe | OutdoorHub: "Recently, a mild panic erupted in Sweden after a fisherman found a pacu fish in his net. Pacu are closely related to the piranha, although they bear one dubious distinction from their more famous cousins"

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How to Hook a Great Lakes Chinook | OutdoorHub

How to Hook a Great Lakes Chinook | OutdoorHub: "It’s a well-known fact that the environment of a river is ever-changing. Trees tumble. Rains fall and load the riverbed. Holes slowly fill-in while others take shape."

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Anglers Catch and Release Contender for UK's Largest Shark | OutdoorHub

Anglers Catch and Release Contender for UK's Largest Shark | OutdoorHub: "When Wayne Comben and Graeme Pullen caught a massive 14-foot thresher shark near the Isle of Wight, they agreed that it just might be the largest shark to ever be hooked in the United Kingdom. They should know, Comben and Pullen were the anglers who pulled in a 10-foot porbeagle shark last year that shattered the British shark record, if only unofficially."

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The Goods: September 2013's Hottest Gadgets | Popular Science

The Goods: September 2013's Hottest Gadgets | Popular Science: "s that a fish nibbling at the line or a change in the current? The SmartRod is the first fishing rod that automatically detects a bite. An accelerometer on the handle records vibrations from the pole and sends the data to a microcontroller, which differentiates between a promising catch and background jiggling. $46"

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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Pocket : Football Season is Here

Pocket : Football Season is Here: "Change is in the air. Days are starting to get shorter and these are accompanied by cooler nights. Leaves have taken on different colors and have started to fall from the trees; there is a change happening all around us, but one of the biggest changes to come at this time of the year is football season. No I'm not talking about the NFL or College football, this is the time of the season when bass start to head back to the shallows to put on the feed bag and get ready for the upcoming winter."

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Pocket : Late-summer and Fall Fishing off Michigan's Mount Bohemia

Pocket : Late-summer and Fall Fishing off Michigan's Mount Bohemia: "Boaters, paddlers, and fishermen on Lac La Belle enjoy a magnificent water-level view as Mt. Bohemia puts on its stunning annual fall foliage fashion show before the snow flies and the ski hill opens. Image by Jim Junttila.

As the hardwoods up the slope to Michigan’s Mount Bohemia catch fire turning red and gold, fishermen know that spray of color signals the start of some of the best fishing of the season."

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Pocket : Why Women Fish

Pocket : Why Women Fish: "It isn’t to get a suntan or read a book—women fish for as many unique reasons as there are sizes and shapes of women. Barb Carey of WI Women Fish has met hundreds of them and learned something very important in the process."

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Pocket : The Tube Drop: Tube Fishing Tips

Pocket : The Tube Drop: Tube Fishing Tips: "Locating deeper fish can be simple!  Catching them on the other hand is a completely different story, especially if we’re talking smallmouth.  Smallmouth bass tend to be finicky, more so than largemouth, and a lot of factors come into play, such as; whether, current, wind and even the moon.  If you find yourself locating deep fish, upwards of 40 – 50ft, have figured out how they are relating to the structure; whether it be on breaks, on or beside rock piles or small isolated patches of grass you will be limited to a few techniques to catch them."

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Pocket : Five Fall Fishing Tips for Reservoir Bass

Pocket : Five Fall Fishing Tips for Reservoir Bass: "Fall arrives with both the air and water temperatures starting to cool. Not only do we get the benefit of more comfortable conditions but so will all fish species in bass reservoirs across the land!
Changing environments cause bass to alter their behavior as well. Knowing how these changes impact your favorite reservoir’s bass locations and actions can definitely help improve your bass fishing success."

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Pocket : How to Fish for Summer Topwater Trout

Pocket : How to Fish for Summer Topwater Trout: "They could very well be one of the most underrated of Florida’s sport fish. Lacking the sturdiness of a snook or redfish, speckled trout are known for their soft bodies and paper thin mouths. But once these fish reach about 24 inches, they earn the nickname “gator trout” for an undeniable ferocity most clearly displayed in their treatment of topwater plugs."

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Monday, September 2, 2013

Pocket : Flippin' Matted Grass for Late Summer Lunkers

Pocket : Flippin' Matted Grass for Late Summer Lunkers: "Heading into late summer, hot temperatures and limited rain normally produce dropping water levels in many lakes. Meanwhile, abundant sunshine and clearer water produce the most prolific weedbeds in our lakes at the same time. The combination of lowered water levels and exploding weed growth results in huge fields of matted grassbeds. This placid looking flotilla of hydrilla, milfoil, and other submerged vegetation belies the labyrinth of tunnels beneath the surface where bass are actively feeding on bluegill and shad. From late summer through fall, flipping matted grass can make for outstanding shallow water fishing for big bass, even on the hottest and sunniest days of the year."

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Pocket : The Majesty of Water

Pocket : The Majesty of Water: "Submerge yourself into the depths of a discussion of the world's most important compound...H Two Oh. Oh, sure, oil is a big deal...but water is bigger. When oil goes away we have a transportation nightmare. If water goes away, we die. Ah, but not to worry too much. When oil is used, it's gone. Water has been recycled for eons. Our job is to expedite that recycle thing.
Permit this indulgence, please, as we delve into some of the philosophical, spiritual, emotional, and physical aspects of this magical substance."

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Pocket : The Devil’s Horse – A Propbait Served Southern Style – Part II

Pocket : The Devil’s Horse – A Propbait Served Southern Style – Part II: "In terms of modifications to his Devil’s Horse topwaters, Barry Weaver does very little. He adds an oval split-ring to the nose of the bait, because the knot will not slip into the groove, as is often the case with round split-rings."

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Pocket : Sabine Surrender — Sabine River bass fishing tactics

Pocket : Sabine Surrender — Sabine River bass fishing tactics: "In the corner of his eye, Lake Charles’ Ken Chaumont spied what he was looking for. On a weedy point on the Louisiana side of the Sabine River across from Orange, Texxas, balls of “rain shad,” as he called them, were erupting from the water.

“Ohhhh, we are going to get into them now,” said the 58-year-old angler and veteran lure designer with Egret Baits."

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Pocket : Outdoors: Fly-Fishing Tips From a Pro

Pocket : Outdoors: Fly-Fishing Tips From a Pro: "In this month’s issue, you met 13-year-old Jacob Stucker, whose fly-tying business has flourished under the tutelage of fly-fisherman and author Jeff Hatton. (Hatton’s book, Rod Crafting, details the history of American and European rod-making from 1843 to 1960.) We turned to Hatton, a fly-fishing guru with more than three decades of experience who specializes in crafting 19th century–style rods, for some tips on getting started."

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Florida Offers Saltwater Fishing Without A License This Sunday : NorthEscambia.com

Florida Offers Saltwater Fishing Without A License This Sunday : NorthEscambia.com: "In an effort to introduce newcomers to the activity, on Sunday, September 1, Florida residents and visitors can saltwater fish for the day without obtaining a recreational fishing license."

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