Planer Boards As Your Primary Trolling Tool.By Captain Jim Hirt Water in our ecosystem has gone from low visibility to extremely clear. With this change of environment the angler must evolve in his presentation to produce consistently. This article will talk you through a very effective way to meet these demands for sunny conditions with spooky fish....
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When your hunting and fishing skills are comparable to those of Captain Kangaroo, you need all the help you can get. One tool that doesn’t come via mail order or credit card swipe is the solunar tables listed in many magazines and newspaper outdoors sections. Like most people who spend a lot of time outdoors, when I first saw these tables I wasn’t sure they could equate...
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For some readers ice fishing just might be literally fishing for ice--those of you living in the south or along the coasts may never experience the exhilaration and personal satisfaction of braving the elements of cold, snow and wind. With the goal to simply attempt at pulling a fish through a hole in ice which at times may be as thick and strong enough to hold a full sized pickup. Some hard-wa...
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By Captain Jim HirtLet me explain how to be more productive by following some basic rules and using basic tools. Activity and habits of fish are dictated by many variables. A rather basic approach will put you on fish and keep you there. I will cover how to find the most productive zones by species Article number one covered Chinook now let's look at Brown Trout as it app...
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USAOnTheFly.com is pleased to announce the launch of www.FloridaOnTheFly.com. USAOnTheFly.com is pleased to offer to you FloridaOnTheFly.com, a Florida...
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He rolled up in a big silver suburban. Bob Skoronski retired (Green Bay Packer)was driving. I fish pretty often with Bob Skoronski. This was the fifth time I had beentrout fishing with Coach Bob Knight (retired). Coach Knight flashed me a big smileand we decided to gear up right there in the parking lot of the gas station where we usuallymeet at. As the Coach geare...
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As much as I savor the sheer thrill of getting out on the water, I also realize if your going fishing, why not catch fish? Seem's a pretty rudimentary assumption, but I'm guilty all to often of not assessing my angling goals and current availability before setting out to land fish. What I'm saying is you don't take a crappie rod and reel combination to land big water salmon and you you probably wo...
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To catch fish you first need to find them. A pretty elementary analysis, but accurate and often overlooked. Anglers will research, test and try literally everything made and sold, but cast a $10 lure in your bath tub and catching a fish is all luck. It's a crude analogy, but needed get your attention and set your mind to intentio...
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Trout fishing can be frustrating when the trout are not cooperating. Some of the time it is not the trout being willy. A trout has the brain the size of a pea. Trout are instinctive and react to situations that are out of the normal for their environments. More often than not it is angler error that caused the lose of a trout or not...
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I needed a new storage system for my rods, so I decided to try and come up with something that would let me store a number of rods, and also not take up a lot of room. I also wanted something that was a little "unique." Here's what I came up with....
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It was about 8:00 A.M. Sunday morning the last week of October 2004 when I got the phone call. " Its on! Lets go! " It was the excited voice of one of my new fishing buddys. "OK let me sweet talk the wife and call you right back" I replied. ...
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