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A good way to beat the Ozarks heat: Work up a sweat catching smallmouth bass
By Brent Frazee It was another stifling day in the Ozarks. The temperature steadily climbed toward the upper 90s, and the humidity made it seem even worse. A bad time to go fishing, right? Not in Dennis Whiteside’s eyes. To him, these were near-perfect...
Is it a paddleboard or a fishing boat? Hybrid highlights new products catching fishermen’s attention
So when is a paddleboard a fishing boat? When it’s made by a Florida company called Bote. Like many innovations, the Rover was designed out of necessity. The developers liked to paddleboard, but they also liked to fish. So they set out to invent paddleboards stable...
Catch this giant muskie. It draws fishermen to a unique hall of fame
HAYWARD, Wis. – I’m writing this report from the belly of a beast. Yes, I feel a bit like Jonah must have after he was swallowed by a whale. I’m standing in the stomach of a muskie that measures one-half city block long and towers 4 ½ stories high. It’s not real, of...
Cool it. Don’t get beat by the heat
We’ll call this one “alternatives to staying in the air conditioning.” Yeah, it’s almost too hot to bear. But there are still ways to beat the heat and enjoy the Great Outdoors. Here are a few of my picks: COLD WATER, HOT FISHING: Lake Taneycomo in Branson, Mo., is a...
I’ll never forget the father-son fishing trip that changed my life
On Father’s Day, I often drift back to the summer when my dad took me on my first fishing adventure. I was just a little guy, but my dad decided I was old enough to accompany him to Canada. So off we went to Lake Despair, a secluded body of water in Ontario. For a...
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