lures
Buzz Bait: How to Fish It, the Trailer Hook, and When It Beats a Frog
A buzz bait is a wire-frame topwater with a propeller blade that squeals and churns; it sinks at rest, so it must keep moving. Retrieve, trailer hook, when.
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Every fish worth chasing: how to identify it, where it lives, when it bites.
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Crankbaits to soft plastics: how each one works and when to throw it.
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Rods, reels, line, hooks and electronics, compared on the numbers.
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Licenses, seasons and the best water, state by state.
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species
Chain Pickerel: How to Identify One, How Old It Is, and How to Catch It
Chain pickerel: the tear under the eye, the three pickerels compared, age at every length, season-by-season fishing, the bones, and the 1961 record.
techniques
Fishing Basics: Handling, Releasing and the First Day on the Water
The fishing basics every angler needs before the first cast: handling fish, catch and release with the survival numbers, licenses, and the first-day kit.
lures
How to Fish a Chatterbait: Retrieves, Tackle and Where It Wins
How to fish a chatterbait: the steady retrieve with pulses, the rip out of grass, the slow-roll and the burn, on a moderate rod with 15–20 lb fluorocarbon.
lures
Types of Fishing Lures: The Six Families, What Each Does and When
The types of fishing lures in six families: jigs and rigs, soft plastics, crankbaits, topwater, spinnerbaits and swimbaits, with what each imitates and when.
species
Tiger Muskie: What the Hybrid Is, How Big It Gets, and Which States Stock It
Tiger muskie: the pike and muskellunge cross, how to tell it from both parents, how fast it grows, which states stock it and why, and the 1919 record.
lures
Swimbaits: Soft Paddle Tails, Glides and Segmented Baits Explained
Swimbaits explained by type: soft paddle tails on a jig head, rigged soft baits like the Huddleston, glide baits and segmented baits. Sizes, rods, seasons.
lures
Frog Lure: How to Fish a Hollow-Body Frog Over Grass, and the Hookset
A frog lure is a hollow, weedless topwater walked over matted grass and pads where nothing else can be fished. The gear, the walk, and the two-second hookset.