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Catfishing Techniques | Setting Jugs & Trot Lines | Dwayne Hickey
Anytime I plan a spring camping trip, jugs and lines are always part of the plan. These simple catfishing techniques will pay big. Cats are plentiful here in the south and there's no better way stock the freezer than setting jugs, limb lines and trot lines. Having your ducks in a row and getting all the equipment ready for the trip is what makes the difference.
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How to Catch Redfish | Spring Fishing | Captain William Toney
As the waters warm on the Big Bend side of Florida redfish will be on the move from their traditional winter spots. Coves and wind blocked shorelines that held redfish during cool weather will become less productive as they will move more towards outside passes and keys. The reason for this is because of more abundant food sources.
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Spring Bass Fishing | Perch Fishing | Dwayne Hickey
It usually starts about mid March. As the days get longer and the water gets warmer creek fishing heats up. Were talking feisty smallmouth bass and tasty red eye perch. Ole Red Eye, (black perch, rock bass) fishing seems to always peek when the dogwoods bloom. These plentiful fighters can make for a fantastic day of fun fishing.
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Spring Muskie | Topwater Fishing | Get Out Da' Box - Cory Allen
“Bite” thinking would have someone literally just repeating the exact same thing they did to catch a smaller fish, and may encounter more smaller fish, or even a larger fish, but often this feedback stops the thinking process and halts their traction of progressing towards a more desirable catch. Get out of the box. It’s literally like tying a noose around your neck as an angler and grabbing the lever to the scaffold.
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Trophy Musky Fishing | Best Time | Dwayne Hickey
The best time to fish? A nice two or three day warming trend always helps. Fishing pre front conditions and moon phases can also increase you odds. If I'm fishing post cold front conditions I usually go up in the "skinny" on the Collins river.
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Jigging for Muskie | Clear Skinny Water | Dwayne Hickey
I've learned over the years that muskie fishing can be challenging when your dealing with clear, skinny water. At times you can see the fish lying along side a weed bed or if the water is super clear muskies can be spotted in ten feet of water. The upper half of the Collins river has plenty of weed beds, gravel bars and slick limestone bottoms. These are the times when sight fishing and the "cat & mouse game come in to play. I make sure to have hooks on the lures for this cat & mouse game. Polarized sunglasses are a must!
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Musky Lures | Bottom Contact | Tick, Tick, Boom
When all else fails, and you know fish are present...make it known that you are, too. It was paramount in many of the teachings of Buck Perry to make bottom contact when fishing. Granted much of this was centered firmly around bass fishing, and while it isn’t entirely canon, many other species suspend far more than largemouth bass, and thus bottom bouncing might be a misappropriation of depth control.
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Muskie, the Hated | Kill em' All | Dwayne Hickey
"Havin any luck"? "Nope, just a couple small ones". "That's a good looking top your fishin". "Yep, I usually pull a few goods one outta here". "You boys bass fishin"? "No, we're musky fishin". Suddenly, a friendly smile turns into a arrogant smirk, followed by "well I hope you catch em all"!!!
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Pre-Spawn Muskie | Southern Reservoirs | Cory Allen
Muskies don’t nest. Muskies don’t bed. But they do spawn, and when they do it, they do it fast and furious, and never stray too far from predictable locations.
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Win $500 | Video Contest | In The Spread
Combine your fishing knowledge and your skills with a camera to produce an educational fishing video for a chance at $500 cash. In The Spread will give a single grand prize for to the best video submission. This is all about teaching and sharing.
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Muskie Fishing | The Collins River | Dwayne Hickey
Native muskies once roamed many rivers and streams in middle and east Tennessee. Then came the hydroelectric dams. Spawning grounds were wiped out and muskies were a thing of the past. Fast forward to the mid 1980's when native muskies were reintroduced into the Collins river.
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Spinnerbait Blades | Musky Fishing | Choosing the Right Cut
Simultaneously both the most analogous and diverse bait template there is, the mechanical combinations of weights and blade shapes and sizes offers a mind-numbing conundrum, but with nigh unlimited potential for almost any application.
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When the Levee Breaks | Fishing and Ichthyology
The things that make mankind flee the water’s edge makes muskies run for the hills...our hills.
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Big Musky | Tennessee's Best Guide | In The Spread
I have boated more fish all in excess of 50” up to 53” in the past 2 years between March and the end of May than any other Tennessee Musky Guide. I say that just to let you know if you want to catch big musky, I am your guy. The numbers speak for themselves.
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Muskie Fishing with Cory Allen | The Sifu | In The Spread
The first time I meet Cory Allen I was filming with someone else. They had suggested we go fishing with this really good muskie guy. Sure! I am always a little skeptical when I hear someone say they know a guy. I remember we were working down this steep bank on Melton Hill Lake and it was like a Tibetan temple bell went off in my head.
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In The Spread | Instructional Fishing Videos
In order to thrive and really get ahead, you have to continually educate yourself. When you stop learning you diminish yourself. It is only with growth that we are able to achieve more. If you are into fishing, you understand the value in learning. We were all taught how to fish by a more experienced fisherman or woman. These were people that imparted knowledge to us, sharing the wisdom they had gained fishing.
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Florida Inshore Fishing | Winter Snook
Targeting any inshore saltwater species of fish during the winter months can be tough for most anglers. Staying connected to the warm spots will keep you connected to the the fish. Snook are the first of the big three (trout,redfish, snook) to seek warm doing a cold snap. Learn more about targeting snook in the winter.
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ITS Legit Education | In The Spread Fishing Videos
Because let’s face it. It’s hard to see the line in today’s consumer-driven marketing wasteland of angling, a sport that is both evolving in practice and devolving in preaching.
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Big Fish Outfitters
For me though, the difference makes is immense selection of bait that is in house. These guys are excellent with their live bait and dead bait rigging. You can tell from their rigging station that there is no BS here. Step out back though and damn.
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Muskie Fishing | Cold Snap Effect on Southern Muskies
When you can feel the bite of the cold in your extremities, you know it’s time to go to extremes to feel the musky bite on the end of your line.