Most emergency/survival kits include a small assortment of hooks, line and perhaps a few swivels and weights – but no fishing pole. Quite understandable since it’s assumed you’ll simply cut a branch off and use it like a cane pole. There are, however, several ways to catch fish without the need of a rod and reel
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I love fishing clear water and here’s why – I find it extremely exciting to target bass that I can spot with my eyeballs. I can’t help but lose my mind and raise adrenaline when I happen across a decent-sized bass, unsuspecting my intentions. Not only for the excitement, but using eyesight can make for
A few years ago, Minn Kota introduced a new feature on their trolling motors called “spot-lock”. Anyone who has operated one of these motors will no doubt tell you, that it is a game changer. So much so, other companies have added the same feature on their products. So what is going on here? Spot-lock
Have you found bass but then struggled to catch them like I have? I can never understand this. Shouldn’t a wild animal take advantage of every feeding opportunity? The pet dogs I’ve had in my life sure took advantage. They ate everything I threw their way! I guess domesticated dogs must be different from wild
When January hits the snow country, what bass fishing addict doesn’t daydream about escaping to some awesome bass factory of the South? As a touring bass professional from Minnesota, I have had the opportunity to experience some primo bass fishing tournaments during the southern, winter months. In some cases, the fishing had been amazing, while
Harvesting fish from beneath the frozen lakes and rivers of the Arctic/sub-arctic regions was a critical part of the subsistence lifestyle for most north-country native Americans. There were typically three methods for harvesting fish: traps/nets, spearing from “dark house”- like tents or simply kneeling down beside a hole and dropping a hand line down through