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Mossy Oak Elements Agua is the Official Pattern of Bonefish & Tarpon Trust

Mossy Oak Fishing is proud to announce that its pattern, Elements Agua, has been designated as the Official Pattern of Bonefish & Tarpon Trust (BTT).

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Why Kevin VanDam Overpowers Crankbaits

In more recent years, tournament anglers and weekend fishermen both have started overpowering their crankbaits, a term that means that they use a deeper-diving crankbait than the bottom they’re fishing.

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Hunting Apps: Find the Perfect Hunting and Fishing Spots

Curious to learn how hunting apps can help you find the perfect spots, but unsure how it all works with private property laws? Here’s some guidance on some favorite hunting apps and how to use them both legally and ethically, whether you’re searching out public or private land spots.

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Captain Sonny Schindler on the Gulf's October Tripletail Bonanza

Tripletails are unusual fish. We don’t really know where they come from, where they go, where they breed, and where they grow.

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Kevin VanDam on Lipless Crankbaits

I believe a lipless crankbait will catch bass at any time of the year – mainly because it’s not restricted to a certain depth. You can fish a lipless crankbait 2 inches under the water, 6 inches under the water and in 10-feet-deep water and yo-yo it off of even deeper bottoms.

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Eliminating Wild Fish from New or Renovated Ponds

Many new pond owners don’t realize how important it is to eliminate wild fish from their ponds. Learn these strategies and more from Mossy Oak.

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Ott DeFoe on Techniques for Fishing a Spinner Bait

The spinner bait is one of the most versatile lures in all the world of bassing. This bait can be fished in many different depths of water with numerous retrieves under a multitude of weather and water conditions.

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Professional Fisherman Bill Lowen on How to Get Sponsors

The most frequently asked question from most tournament bass fishermen is, “How do you get sponsors?” Bill Lowen of Brookville, Indiana, who fishes on the Bassmaster Elite Series, explains.

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How to Choose a Topwater Bait

You must decide where you plan to fish the topwater lure, how you’re going to fish it, how you want the bass to take that lure, and whether or not your lure will move through thick cover, come down the edge of thick cover or be fished in holes in the cover.

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A Professional Bass Fisherman Does More Than Fish

Many of us believe that all that professional bass anglers do is fish, win money and go fish some more. However, at least 50% - if not more of a professional bass fisherman’s time - often is spent working for his sponsors.

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Kevin VanDam on Fishing for Bass with Flat-Sided Crankbaits

Besides the square-billed crankbait, another lure that some fishermen may not be aware of its uses is a flat-sided crankbait. The flat-sided crankbait is really one of my favorite lures to use in stained stained water.

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Fishing for Mangrove Snapper or Gray Snapper

Fish in different regions often get renamed by local anglers, and because the mangrove snapper is so prevalent in the Florida mangroves, this snapper is known throughout most of the South as a mangrove snapper. However, its real name is a gray snapper.

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Bill Lowen Explains His Favorite Bass Lure and His Life as a Tournament Angler

If I only had one lure I could take bass fishing with me this month, it would be a Strike King 4-inch green-pumpkin flip tube. I’d choose that lure because no matter where you fish in the nation, that lure – this month and almost any month – will catch bass.

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Tripletail Fishing: Locating and Baiting

Tripletail fishing in Venice is great because just like in deer hunting, several acorn trees may hold one nice deer, but 10,000 acorn trees will hold more deer due to the abundance of food and shelter.

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Square-Billed Crankbait: Where and How to Fish It

Most square-billed crankbaits are designed to be fished in 0-5 feet water around cover. The primary action this lure has that makes it so unique is that it deflects off of cover with an erratic action, much like a bait fish that is dazed or has been spooked and is trying to get away from whatever it’s run into

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