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Helping you enjoy the outdoors! Apr 5, 2024

Fish Small Waters for Crappies

By Tim Huffman
Most fishermen have access to small ponds, lakes, and backwaters where you can have fun and catch crappies.

Rattle-Snaker In Depth Adds Weight and Sound

ElaZtech’s magical self-healing properties make it the ideal vehicle for numerous creative hacks—perhaps none more exciting than implanting them with fish-attracting rattles or auxiliary weights. That’s where an impressive little tool known as the Rattle-Snaker emerges from your tacklebox.

Embracing Change Improves Our Fishing

By Bob Jensen
Changes in equipment, how we fish, and well-thought-out regulations make fishing even better.

Get in on Fishing’s Best Secret: South Dakota

Get in on fishing’s best secret: South Dakota. From glacial lakes, mountain streams, wide rivers, and countless reservoirs, South Dakota is the premier fishing destination in the lower 48. And, with more miles of shoreline than Florida, you’ll never have to worry about the crowd. Come cast a line and get hooked on South Dakota today.
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Tips to Help Kids Get ‘Hooked on Fishing’

By Josh Hagemeister
Spring is a great time for kids to begin fishing. Here are a few starting points that should help.
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Rapala’s New OG Deep Tiny 7

From a passion of bait building as a childhood hobby to customizing lures as a professional angler, the OG Series is born of the sawdust from Ott DeFoe’s Garage. The Rapala Tiny is a thin, flat-sided balsa bait with a tight wobble and finesse-like action. This thin design and lightweight circuit board lip moves less water and provides a sensitive feel of bottom structure.