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Ryan Rothstein: Native prairies are made for whitetails (and many other critters)
I’ve been pretty hard to get ahold of (or even find) in the past month. I’m sure by now my better half probably thinks I’m avoiding her, but I’ve been aloof for an honest reason.

Steve Sarley: Some of my ‘must have’ lures for the tackle box
I have been told that the lures I tend to talk about are usually the old tried-and-true fish catchers. I even got a letter that accused me, “What’s the deal Sarley, you dinosaur? Haven’t you

Pond-hopping for summer bass in the Catskills of New York
If you’re like me, lucky enough to live in the Catskill Mountain region, you’ve long since become a party to some of the most pristine wilderness trout streams that any angler could enjoy.

Steve Carney: Targeting deep water and where to find July fish
Both walleyes and crappies have now began to move into deeper water. I’ve noticed this in several lakes recently, and when I say deep, I mean 25 to 45 feet of water.
Finding perch

Minnesota’s Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Shake, rattle, and roll in more walleyes!
Ramp up your live-bait rig, jig, or spinner rig and boat more walleyes by using more sound. It takes only a second to add a “rattle bead” to any live-bait rig (just above the hook)

The right light settings, and other factors to help get in and out of the deer woods undetected
Anyone who has hunted whitetails long enough knows the feeling. You’re almost to your treestand after moving slowly through the woods in the dark when the sound of an alarming blow and scattering hooves running

Bass anglers, here’s how to beat the summer heat – video
Mid-summer bass fishing can be tough, but when the weather gets hot, so do these five presentations.

Here’s how to build a steady dog for the duck blind
Chances are pretty good, if you’ve done a lot of upland bird or waterfowl hunting, you’ve seen a great hunting dog in action.
Chances also are pretty good you’ve seen an out-of-control canine that

Dean Bortz: An Avett brother in Missoula antique store?
Considering that I drew Montana deer and elk tags for this fall, I’d like to have been able to call our recent soiree to Montana, Oregon, and Idaho a scouting trip, but if I had