Dave Orrick: Belly boat fishing can be pure pleasure - TwinCities.com

Dave Orrick: Belly boat fishing can be pure pleasure - TwinCities.com: "Submerged to above my waist, I'm hanging from a diaper-esque strap inside an oversized doughnut with flippers on my feet like a toddler in a pool."

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Cross Column: Bullheads may be rough fish, but they're good eats » Sports » The Free Press, Mankato, MN

Cross Column: Bullheads may be rough fish, but they're good eats » Sports » The Free Press, Mankato, MN: "A half-century ago, bass fishing was a more subdued affair as anglers in simple fishing boats cast tried-and-true baits like Jitterbugs or Hula-Poppers as they drifted along a shoreline."

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Spring Time Bedding Bass | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Spring Time Bedding Bass | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "When water temperatures move up in the range of 58 to 62 degrees, bass have only one thing on their minds –to spawn.  In order to time this right and find the mother load of bass, there are several variables to consider:
   One mentioned above is water temperature.  When the water begins hitting these levels, it’s time to start looking for bass beds in coves and spawning flats.  Another variable correlating with temperature is the current stage of the moon.  I recommend fishing on a full or new moon, timing this accordingly with water temperatures.  "

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Tracking Growth Rates of Your Fish | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Tracking Growth Rates of Your Fish | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "If I've heard this once, I've heard it hundreds of times. "I want to grow the biggest bass on the planet!"
   As a professional fisheries biologist in the private sector, part of my job with clients is to help teach practical ways to track growth rates of their fish. Sure, you can catch fish and use common sense."

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The Finer Points of Punching Mats | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

The Finer Points of Punching Mats | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "Two bass fishing tactics are commonly used to pull big bass from massive grass mats, throwing a hollow body frog for those fish willing to smash through the “roof,” and punching through the grass for those holding below. If bass aren’t hitting the top, the choice is already made. Put up your dukes and start punchin’."

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Best crappie fishing of the year | Cedar Springs Post Newspaper

Best crappie fishing of the year | Cedar Springs Post Newspaper: "Tap, tap and down went the rod tip. Another crappie fallen to the Mr. Twister tail. We use the Mr. Twister tail, the Charlie Brewer Crappie Grub or the Beatle spins two ways. First is straight out of the package, spinner and all. The second way we remove the jig head and action tail from the spinner."

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The Split Shot Rig | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

The Split Shot Rig | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "The split shot rig is a finesse version of a fish finding rig along the lines of the Carolina rig. Too many anglers dismiss this method as being too slow or a small fish method. The truth is that it is a deadly finesse method that can cover water as efficiently and as quickly as the Carolina rig. The split shot method also is a great way to catch limits of keeper sized bass. What tournament angler could dispute the success of that?"

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Staying in the Shallows for Michigan Bluegill | OutdoorHub

Staying in the Shallows for Michigan Bluegill | OutdoorHub: "For most of the last decade, I’ve been fishing for bluegills a day or two a year with Denny Hettig, who has developed a simple trolling approach that is not only incredibly productive, but also almost idiotproof. So imagine my surprise when we pushed off the bank on small Van Buren County lake recently and Hettig handed me a rod rigged with a bobber."

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Spider rigging can be successful as black crappies enter the pre-spawn - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Spider rigging can be successful as black crappies enter the pre-spawn - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "JAMESTOWN, Pa. -- The southern end of Pymatuning Reservoir, in Crawford County between the dam and the nearby Ohio state line, is richly contoured with shallow bays that warm faster than the main body of the lake. Like the north end bays, they become prime crappie spawning waters in the spring when subsurface temperatures reach 56 to 64 degrees."

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Smallies Forced to Take One for the Team on Mille Lacs Lake | OutdoorHub

Smallies Forced to Take One for the Team on Mille Lacs Lake | OutdoorHub: "Schizophrenic Department of Natural Resources (DNR) regulations have bass anglers up in arms about one of the hottest lakes in Minnesota’s North Country, Lake Mille Lacs. A tremendous trophy smallmouth fishery, recent drastic changes have one primary goal in mind: improve the walleye population. At the risk of sounding like a Smothers Brothers sitcom routine with “Mom always liked you better,” it seems the walleye has won that brotherly slugfest. Only here “Mom” is the Minnesota DNR."

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