Outdoor columnist Jim Gronaw doesn't get giant bass too often, but when he does, it fuels an addiction to keep going after bigger bass.
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Fallfish can attain healthy proportions. Often used as cut bait for catfish, they are sporty and aggressive feeders.
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Some trout and bass fisherman won't take the time or effort to after carp, but there are plenty of reasons why the species shouldn't be overlooked locally.
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Taking a kayak on the water can allow a fisherman to sneak up on various types of fish such as bluegills and largemouths.
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Despite the increase in technology and tracking software when it comes to finding fish, using an old-fashioned earthworm as bait still has merits.
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The early trout season has fishers clamoring to go after stocked, well-fed fish known as hatchery giants.
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There has been plenty of studies recently to try and determine how fish age and how you can tell the age of a freshly-caught fish.
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With forward facing sonar, an angler can easily spot and target the largest fish in a school or hunkered down in brush and accurately cast and coax that very fish into biting with a lure or bait of choice.
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The warmer-than-normal temperatures we've seen in early 2023 have created some ideal days to go after panfish.
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A stretch of unseasonably warm weather has produced some great January crappie fishing.
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