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Identifying and Catching the Bass You’ve Found with Equipment

One problem you’ll have when trying to locate bass is knowing the difference between crappie and bass when they are holding on to a structure.

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

Finding Summertime Bass Before You Fish with Gerald Swindle

The real key to finding and catching bass in the hot summer months is having good electronics.

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

How To Enjoy Practicing With A Bow During the Summer

Spending time shooting a bow throughout the entire summer will result in a better hunter. By practicing, you become more familiar with your equipment, how you shoot, and more confident in being able to hit your target once the string is released.

Deer, Bow

How Crappie Fishing Has Changed

We’ve learned that you can catch bigger crappie in open water than on structure, especially if the water is stained.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Fishing

Tactics for Crappie Fishing

Side scanning will allow you to see crappie or shad in an area and also will show you if the fish are holding on trees or stumps.

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

Mossy Oak Properties Land Summit Award Winners

Mossy Oak Properties announces 2019 Agent of the Year, Office of the Year and Fox Haas Award recipients at 2020 Virtual Land Summit.

Land Management, News, Mossy Oak Properties

Mossy Oak Fishing Joins 2020 ICAST Online to Support the Fishing Community and Conservation

Mossy Oak Fishing joins the world’s largest sportfishing trade show, ICAST, for its 2020 ICAST Online experience to continue meeting needs of anglers and the fishing community as a whole. The online experience features new products, fishing and conservation seminars and much more.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Elements Agua, News, Mossy Oak Fishing

How the Weather Impacts Crappie Fishing

Ryan and Darin Young recently won the American Crappie Trail Championship. Ryan explains how the weather impacted their tournament:

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Bring Antique Lures Back to Life: How to Restore Old Fishing Lures

Simple cleaning and refreshing processes can help you return your tackle to good condition and save money on new lures.

Fishing, How-To

How to Use the LiveScoping Technique for Catching Crappie

Ryan Young explains how he and his brother Darin used imaging to catch crappie at the American Crappie Trail Championship.

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

Ryan and Darin Young: Winning the American Crappie Trail National Championship

New technology has been introduced to the crappie-fishing world recently. Two anglers are forging a new path that other crappie fishermen surely will follow.

Fishing, Gear, Mossy Oak Fishing

Genetic Facts About Whitetails

Gamekeepers of wild whitetail herds cannot manage genetics through harvest to produce any measurable change in them. This is just a fact. There IS evidence to show that other things we can do will help individual bucks to reach their particular genetic potential.

Deer, Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

2020 MLF Kissimmee Lakes Tournament was Special for Jordan Lee

Every win is special, but this win was especially special. I won this same tournament last year on this same lake. I think there’s something special down in those Florida waters for me.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Fishing

Your Guide to Identifying Wild Berries

If you can’t positively identify the berry as either toxic or nontoxic, you shouldn’t eat it.

How-To

Jordan Lee Faces Spectator Pressure at MLF Tournament in Kissimmee

If you treat spectators with respect, don’t try to bully them and be as honest and sincere as you can, then hopefully they don’t mind honoring your spot – just like they won’t want you pulling in and fishing their spots.

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Fly Fishing for Bream

Phillip Gentry When most people think of fly fishing, the image that comes to mind is the silhouette of a wader clad angler plying the bubbling waters of some cold mountain stream. Others may envision an iridescent Caribbean sand flat with an angler on the deck of a sleek flats boat trying to temp a shadow drifting through the saltwater. As many fly-casting fans have discovered, just about any type of fish species that can

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Red Snapper: Tips and Tactics for an American Favorite

Bart K. Davis One of the most sought-after gamefish from the Carolinas to the Gulf, red snapper are experiencing a resurgence like few other species. Thanks to careful management and tighter harvest limits over the past two decades, populations have bounced back strong—and with that recovery has come a new golden age of snapper fishing. They truly are the American snapper. With their fiery red flanks and powerful strikes, red snapper are everything anglers want

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Fishing

Fishing the Emerald Coast: Destin’s Inshore and Offshore Action

Bart K. Davis Destin, Florida, isn’t called “The World’s Luckiest Fishing Village” for nothing. Tucked along the Emerald Coast in the Florida Panhandle, and with easy access to the Gulf of Mexico, this bustling beach town offers a year-round buffet of saltwater action. From sight-casting to redfish in skinny water to battling cobia just outside the pass, Destin is a dream destination for saltwater anglers. These tips and techniques will help you make the most

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Flounder Fever: Top Techniques for Catching Flatfish on the East Coast

Bart K. Davis If you’ve ever felt the unmistakable thump of a flounder strike on the end of your line, you know the thrill of targeting these delicious and elusive flatfish. Found along the entire Atlantic seaboard, flounder are a favorite target for inshore anglers. But landing these ambush predators consistently takes more than luck, something I learned growing up on the marshes and sounds of southeastern North Carolina. Fortunately, these tips and techniques will

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Keep Those Shooting Skills Sharp by Whistle Pig Hunting

Mark Fike It is summer, but hunting season is not far off. Keep those shooting skills sharp and make a farmer or gardener happy by hunting whistle pigs! Whistle pigs, aka groundhogs, are a common sight along highways, in farm fields, and unfortunately in gardens and backyard flower beds. These varmints readily adapt to living in close proximity to humans and quickly learn when danger lurks nearby. Growing up in Virginia we always had a

Small Game, Predator, How-To, Firearm

Popular Calibers for Hunting Deer

What are the most popular calibers for whitetail deer, not the best caliber, not my favorites, but just popular? That should be easy. Just call all the ammunition manufacturers and ask them to list their top ten.

Deer, Firearm

Smoked Wild Turkey & Alabama BBQ Sauce Sandwich

We're always looking for new ways to eat a wild turkey; smoking them is always a great and flavorful option.

Turkey, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Butchery

Hot Honey Salmon Mac n' Cheese with Crispy Fried Onions

This dish combines the best of both worlds: sweet and spicy salmon bites nestled on a creamy, malty mac n' cheese, all topped with a delightful crunch.

Fishing, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Butchery

Classic Backyard Smoked Venison Brats

When I think of classic backyard cookouts, I think of throwing hamburgers, hot dogs, or brats on a grill for my family and friends.

Deer, Wild Game Recipes, Mossy Oak, Ingredient Wild

Retriever Training: Steady to Shot and Flush

Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Kennels Head Trainer Bill Gibson walks us through the importance of a steady dog in the field and how to train one up to be steady.

Waterfowl, Dogs, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Kennels

Nosler Whitetail Country Ammo Review

The new bullet is an example of the innovation at Nosler: their engineers were able to produce the previously retired Solid Base bullet with a tapered jacket designed to expand reliably at a wide range of impact velocities.

Deer, Gear

Coastal Conservation Association: A History of Grassroots Conservation

In the late 1970s, commercial fishing pressure along the Texas coast had led to a virtually complete decimation of the stocks of red drum and spotted seatrout—the bottom dropped out, and no one knew for sure if either species could be saved.

Fishing, Conservation, Mossy Oak Fishing, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

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