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Wild Browns On Slickrock Creek, N.C.

(An abbreviated excerpt on Slickrock Creek from Flyfisher’s Guide to North Carolina & Georgia) I don’t remember if I even …
Chickamauga, Santee, Guntersville Among The Nation’s Best Bass Lakes

Chickamauga, Santee, Guntersville Among The Nation’s Best Bass Lakes

In its recently announced 100 Best Bass Lakes, Bassmaster Magazine ranked Tennessee’s Chickamauga Lake as the second best bass fishery …
Rayburn Lake The Best Bass Lake In The Country by Bassmaster

Bassmaster Ranks Rayburn The Best Bass Lake In The Country

After three years hovering in the Top 5 of Bassmaster Magazine’s 100 Best Bass Lakes rankings, Texas’ Sam Rayburn Lake …
Summertime Tailwater Trout

Summertime Tailwater Trout

It’s hot, and trout are lethargic in our low-elevation streams. With low dissolved oxygen levels and high water temps, catching …
huge crappie world record

Huge Crappie Is A World Record

A fish like this only comes around once in a lifetime, or several lifetimes considering it is likely the new …

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Gaining Confidence in a New Lure is Key

Gaining confidence in a new lure is key to having success fishing with it. Without confidence you might not tie it on or keep it on for long.

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Fisherman Lands World-Record Super Cow

On a long-range fishing trip from San Diego, Earl Gill IV landed an extraordinary yellowfin tuna weighing 443 pounds—a staggering 16 pounds more than the existing world record for a yellowfin caught on rod and reel.