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THE NEXT BEST THING TO BEING ON THE WATER.

Cast confidently this season, and catch ‘em like never before using our collection of fishing videos and articles as your resource. Get expert advice on essential gear and techniques. If it’s about enjoying your time on the water and in the outdoors, we’ve got you covered.

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Mossy Oak Fishing Collection from XTRATUF Now Available

Designed for those who make a living on the water, XTRATUF has expanded its line of performance shoes and boots for Summer 2019.

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Guiding for Walleyes with Johnnie Candle

I really enjoy guiding fishermen to catch walleyes. I’ve been guiding since I was 17 years old. My father started Lake Erie Charter Boat Service, and I was a deck hand on his boat. The experience I had there really helped me once I started guiding in the Dakotas.

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The Pros and Cons of Making Your Own Fishing Lures

Fishing can be expensive, but you can cut costs by making your own fishing lures. Here are the pros and cons of handmade lures from Mossy Oak.

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Best Father's Day Gifts for Outdoorsmen

Are you looking for the best Father's Day Gifts that not only will make Dad happy on Father's Day, but keep him smiling well beyond June?

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Different Lures for Tournament Fishing and Fun Fishing

Mossy Oak Fishing Pro Matt Lee gave us a somewhat different answer when asked what three lures were his favorites. He said, “Am I trying to beat someone, or am I fun-fishing?”

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The Best Combo Line When Fishing Spinning Tackle

One of the newest trends in bass fishing is using braided line when fishing with spinning tackle. Greg Hackney shares why many anglers are switching from monofilament to fishing with braid.

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How to Fish Tidal Rivers for Bass

One of the problems with fishing tidal rivers is that the water fluctuates every day. There will be certain conditions where the bass like to feed on high tide, and on other days they’ll prefer to eat when the tide’s going out.

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Supplemental Feeding: The Fish “Food Chain” on Steroids

If you want to grow your bass or bluegill, supplemental feeding might be the answer. Mossy Oak offers tips for starting your own supplemental feeding program.

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Using Sonar for River Fishing

When you’re fishing rivers, the water level can be high one day and low the next. So Humminbird paired up with LakeMaster Mapping to put a feature in their units called “Water Level Offset” that allows you to adjust your unit to the water levels of the day.

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Scholastic Bass Fishing Enriches Lives and Future Livelihoods

From archery to trap and skeet, the opportunity to compete on a team in a pursuit oriented to the outside has meant wonders to many, and perhaps none more successfully than scholastic bass fishing.

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Mossy Oak Fishing Congratulates Floyd and McNeil on Back-to-Back Collegiate Bass Fishing Series National Championships

Demonstrating the combined value of preparation and skill, the Bethel University duo of Cole Floyd and Carter McNeil led the 2019 Boat U.S. Collegiate Bass Fishing Series National Championship and claimed their second consecutive title, becoming the first team in the tournament’s 14-year history to win twice. The championship tournament, presented by Bass Pro Shops and hosted on Pickwick and Wilson Lakes out of O’Neal Harbor and McFarland Park, fielded 400 anglers in a two-day

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Bass Fishing: Learning on Your Own

One of the things that has helped me the most in tournament fishing is to not depend on help from anyone. I try to make up my own game plan and not depend on help from any other people.

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Ott DeFoe Says to Trust Your Gut

If you fish long enough, you’ll have some of those “ah ha” moments that are hard to explain, but that can lead you to success.

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Greg Hackney's Favorite Spring and Early Summer Bait

My favorite spring and summer bait is a Strike King Red Eyed Shad, a lipless crankbait. When the bass are aggressive in either the pre- or post-spawn, they’re feeding heavily. You can cover a lot of water with a lipless crankbait.

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Choose Different Crankbaits for Different Depths

I pick the crankbaits I’m going to use by depth zones. I know the bass that are down that deep probably haven’t seen as many deep-diving crankbaits as they have other lures.

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