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One of my favorite
fishing stories involves a group of young
boys who went to a South Dakota stock dam
and ended up catching a state-record largemouth
bass. When asked what they used for bait,
the boys said, “ stinging worms.”
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More than four
out of five Americans fished as a child.
Surveys show most adults who fish today
started before their 13th birthday. That
means the best way to preserve the future
of the sport is to take kids fishing.
A day on the water
can improve the bond between parent and
kid or make you the hero of the neighborhood.
Fishing builds self-esteem, independence,
responsibility and decision-making.
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In
its essence, the jig is one of
the oldest and most effective fish
catching lures out there.
A jig’s purpose
is to have enough weight to take the
bait down into the strike zone when fish
are on or close to the bottom and relatively
concentrated on structure.
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It’s been
said that part of the romance of fly
fishing is that it takes you to beautiful,
exotic places.
True enough. The
Bahamas for bonefish. The Northwest Territories
for toothy northern pike. The Florida
Keys for tarpon.
I could go on and on and on.
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Down sizing or up-sizing
your lure can make a big difference in
your success any given day.
One of the most obvious
reasons to change the size of a lure is
to “match the hatch”. Pay close
attention to the size of the prey the bass
are feeding on. Shad come in all sizes
and bass will gorge on them. If the shad
are large, go to a lure close to that size,
and vice versa.
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Nearly every angler dreams of catching a trophy fish, one that’s large
enough to hang over the fireplace mantel. I’m taking about a largemouth
bass over 12 pounds, a walleye over 10 or a northern pike topping the 20-pound
mark.
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Seasoned fly anglers like nothing better than
introducing rookies into their beloved
sport. But there’s probably as much division among the old sages of the
fly fishing world on how best to get started as there is between financial
analysts on which stocks to buy.
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Katie Mitchell has sweet memories of her
childhood, especially those fishing with
her mother. She remembers bamboo rods;
learning how to bait her hook and
watching her red-and-white bobber plunge beneath the water’s surface.
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Winter fishing. It doesn’t exactly roll off the
tongue with the same flare as fishing under a blanket of blue ski with temperatures
hovering near 75 degrees and birds chirping in unison. But if you make your
home in colder climates, ice fishing is often a way of life.
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