Finding Bass Spawning Areas
Ken Cook Fishing for spawning or bedding fish is challenging and a lot of fun because it requires certain skills that anglers don’t have to use very often. Plus, the…
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Hank Parker Many anglers will say that the wind can act as both a hindrance and a help while out on the water. Sometimes erratic and disruptive, stronger winds can…
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A Quail Bounty
Tony Kinton A German shorthair pointer worked the wind with skill. She would run perpendicular to the breeze for 75 yards or so, head high and olfactory senses at play,…
DetailsThe Big Worm
Larry Nixon By this time of year, throughout many parts of the country, bass have seen a fair amount of fishing pressure. Common sense tells us that bass in this…
DetailsFinding Bass at Home in RipRap
Ken Cook Minus a calendar and temperature changes, there’s an easy way to mark the arrival of summer: the massive quantities of pleasure boaters taking to local lakes. Now don’t…
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Open Sights Still Work
Lost at Sea Some say that open sights are a thing of the past. Some say you cannot shoot accurately with open sights, arguing that a scope is required to…
DetailsNight Moves
Luke Clausen Growing up in Washington, I couldn’t wait for summer to arrive. For me, summer meant longer days to do all the fishing, hiking and camping that I wanted…
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Small Game Getters of Winchester’s Past
Tony Kinton Mention the name Winchester and the mind is filled with images of the Old West, of cowboys and lever rifles. Or the picture of hunters clad in plaid…
DetailsMid-Summer Mossy Backs
Chris Ellis As fisherman, we are opportunistic. We all have our favorite way to catch fish but the sometimes the water, weather, and of course the fish dictate how we…
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Lack of Skill or Lack of Luck?
Lost at Sea It was a beautiful morning to hunt but I watched the sun come up from my office window. I could have been hunting but had experienced about…
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