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  • Walking The Dog

    JP explains how to best use the "walk the dog" topwater technique.

  • Topwater Setup

    These tips for setting up your topwater gear will have you walking the dog like a pro in no time.

  • Sick Set Up For Fishing Stick Bait

    JP talks about the best gear set up and rigging tips for using a stick bait in clear water.

  • Targeting Bass On A Slow Day

    JP gives tips on the best way to use stick baits while targeting inactive bass in clear, shallow water

  • Tips For Taking A Kid Kayak Fishing

    Jim Sammons gives us some tips on how to make sure kids have a great time when fishing for the first time from a kayak.

  • Tips For Using Light Gear

    JP shows how using light gear will keep your casts accurate, control the fish, and help you work an area quickly without tiring yourself.

  • Be A Bass Whisperer

    JP's tips for tuning into what the bass want will help you land a ton more fish even in changing conditions.

  • Crankbait Fishing Techniques

    JP offers a few tips for fishing small crankbaits in weedy areas.

  • Fishing Crankbaits

    JP talks about the best setup and techniques for fishing a shallow-diving crankbait.

  • Dropshot Basics

    JP talks about the best setup for dropshotting and offers tips on rigging and techniques.

  • Bass Lures In The Walleye World

    When walleye anglers got tired of losing jerkbaits to hang ups in the timber they switched to this bass angler favorite.

  • Dropshotting With The JP Hammer Shad

    JP offers some tips on dropshotting and using the JP Hammer Shad - a bait he helped design.

  • Tungsten vs. Lead

    Tungsten weights have three major advantages over lead: (1) Environmentally friendly, (2) Greater density, (3) Better looking.

  • Know Where To Find Fall Bass

    When a cold front moves into the area during the fall the bait will head in to shallow rocky areas to warm up and big bass who are looking to feed before the long cold winter follow them in.

  • Targeting Aggressive Fall Fish

    Jp talks about the gear set up and offers some rigging tips to land a ton of bass in the fall.

  • Increasing Salmon Hook Ups

    Dave Earley gives tips on modifying a jointed lure to increase hook ups while targeting salmon.

  • Targeting Walleye On Slow Days

    WFN expert, Gord Pyzer, gives tips on how to rig a live night crawler for the slow death technique to be used on days when walleye have lock jaw.

  • Finding Spawning Females in High Muddy Water...

    This tip will help you find the big spawners when the water get muddy...

  • How To Tie A Nanofil Knot

    This unique line, named Best Line at ICAST 2011, needs a special knot to perform the best.

  • Winter Fishing From A Kayak

    The Jerkbait bite is on! The important thing to remember about fishing this time of year is that the colder it is the longer the pause between jerks should be. It is also important to remember, no matter how much they joke about it, to dress properly.

  • Double Your Catch While Ice Fishing

    This simple tip for modifying a white tube jig from expert, Gord Pyzer, will double the number of lake trout you land through the ice.

  • The Bob Foran Knot

    Bob Foran named this simple, strong, knot for joining a braid line to a monofilament leader after himself.

  • Multi-Species Trolling

    Tim Simpson explains the multi-species trolling spread that they are using, and then Bill reels in a nice yellowfin tuna.

  • Wahoo in St Lucia

    Bill Boyce explains some interesting facts about wahoo, including their feeding behavior.

  • Fishing Clear Water Conditions

    JP gives tips on how to fish soft plastic crayfish in clear water.

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A Lesson Catching Lake Trout

There is no question about it, walleyes are the hot topic this weekend, but you're making a big mistake if you forget about the phenomenal lake trout fishing that is also to be had.

Road Trippin' to Crappie Heaven

Returned a short while back from one of my most enjoyable and entertaining road trips filming for season 11 of Extreme Angler TV to Tennessee and Mississippi in search of some monster crappie with my good buddies Tim Blackley and Jackie Vancleave of the Strike King pro crappie team. I have to admit, fishing for crappie with these guys is "intense" and as serious as it gets. Reminds me a lot of

Protecting Your Investment

I have been waiting for my Ram Mounts to come in before installing my Humminbird 997c SI combo and 957c and they arrived the other day. The reason I have chosen the Ram Mounts is that I have used their products before and was extremely happy with them. They are also designed to carry the weight of these units. They will also save them from any shock and vibration that they will

Different Phases of the Spring Spawn

By LOY MILAM      Bass fishing in spring is unlike any other period of the year. This is the time of the year when bass spawn and the attitude of the fish can change in a matter of hours. One day you may limit out and the next you cannot buy a bite. What causes these drastic changes in the behavior of bass?        The spring spawn is

Walleye Wizardry

No one knows this better than Greg Horoky, a veteran Lake Erie charterboat captain with more than 30 years of experience under his belt. Horoky was also the first Canadian ever to win a Professional Walleye Trail (PWT) Tournament. But, it is what the walleye wizard has done recently that is turning so many heads.

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Pitching
A method of close range fishing where the line is swung in a pendulum fashion to get the bait to the desired location. Unlike flipping, line can come out as the cast is made.
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