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Selecting the Right Color Lure

Go-to lure colors include (from top): bluegill, shad, red and parrot/bright pattern.

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Fishing Lake Taneycomo

Amanda Masters of Bass Pro Shops proudly displays one of the many trout she caught during the CFM media camp at Lake Taneycomo.

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Top Ice-Fishing Tools

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Catching a World Record Intentional or Fluke?

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Hooking Trophy Pike at Lake of the Woods

Ice fisherman holds a trophy pike freshly caught from the iced-over waters of Lake of the Woods in Minnesota.

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Bowfishing During the Winter

The author with just one of the big grass carp shot on this wintertime outing. Fun fact: two grassies had lampreys attached when we boated them. A bowfishing bonus!

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Big Waters Fish Small with Electronics

Ice fisherman displaying a large walleye caught from under an icy lake. Electronics help big lakes fish small.
 

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Green Bay Walleye Fishing

 

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Shore Fishing in the Poconos

 

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Giant El Salto Deep-structure Bass

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Heart of Summer is Time for Trolling Cranks

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Mysteries of the Deep: Cisco-schooling Smallmouths Part 2

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Four Ways to Avoid Reel Backlash

Fishing reel and index finger.

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Tungsten Jigs or Lead for Panfish

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Three Keys for Muskie Fishing

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Mystery Antique Lure Has Tackle Collectors Baffled

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Bill Lowen Winter Fishing Tips

Pro angler Bill Lowen hoists some of his smallmouth bass catch during the Bassmaster Elite tourney at the St. Lawrence River.

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Two New Multispecies Swimbait Heads

Christina Sucharski with a nice walleye that ate a swimbait on a glass-calm morning.

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Heart of Winter Open Water Fishing

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Explore Early Fish Finding Equipment

This 1956 map is topped by many navigation and early fish finding devices of that era.

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Heading North to Walleye World: What to Bring

Author John Bennett took this big walleye on a Husky Jerk trolled behind a Church planer board. Heading north can lead to personal-best catches!

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March Ice-Fishing Rocks for Everything

March ice-fishing yielded this dandy fish for author Brosdahl.

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Vibration Attracts Bass

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Crankbaits for Early Pre-spawn Bass

Author Joe Bucher displays a smallmouth pre-spawn bass freshly caught on a crankbait.

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St. Joe Steelhead Fishing

A nice St. Joe steelhead caught on a winter morning.

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Crane Lake–Voyageur’s National Park

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