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Bass – Fall Lure Selection

A couple years ago, I took some notes out of the June 2008 issue of Bassmaster magazine on the right lure selection based on the water temperature. As we head into the fall, I thought it would be useful to hit the high points of this article by Don Wirth (“A seasonal guide to lure

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Upper Potomac – Maps from the Maryland DNR (Updated)

You can get this map set for free by sending an email with your request and mailing address to Angie King at AKing@dnr.state.md.us  North Branch Potomac River Water TrailThe Potomac River Water Trail North Branch in Allegany County: Westernport, MD to Cumberland, MD is a three-map set depicting the North Branch of the Potomac River in

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Satellite Recon – Use Google Local to find good water!

If you have not discovered Google local and its satellite views as a way to preview any fishing location, you’re not using the most significant tool available (other than this website, of course) that allows you to keep from going to a dead area. Prior to going to any river, you should pop open the

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Shad Run – Rappahannock

After three years of trying to find the time to participate in the shad run on the Rappahannock, I finally got out there last Friday. I have to admit that I am tragically depressed after this experience. I can’t believe I didn’t make time to do this earlier. This was a fantastic great time! The

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Stay High and Dry

For the last few years, I used ziplock bags to keep stuff dry inside my day pack.  Sometimes that worked, sometimes it did not.  When I am after smallies, I will routinely wade up to chest high crossing the flat stretches of some of the rivers around here.  The ziplocks just were not built for

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Don’t Lock Me Out!

Ever worry about losing your truck keys in the middle of the woods or watch them wash downstream when you take that header into the North Branch?  I do. I do not like the magnetic key holders – they fall off when you go off road onto some of the tough dirt tracks leading to

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Other – Dazzling Pictures from MikesCatchReport.com

Every once in a while you run across the perfect picture that expresses the joy of fishing in general and fly fishing in particular.  With permission from mikescatchreport (another local VA/MD blogger), I just had to share these shots. Mike is a passionate angler who manages to find time to fish places I can only dream about. 

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Random Rocks = Trout? The Fly Advantage over Spin

In the last post on Owens Creek, I posed the question of overlooked fishing spots.  While I did not see the potential of Owens when I fished it last April, as I wrote the post, I came to realize I was looking at Owens with my 48 years of spin fishing affecting my perspective.  Maybe all

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Redfish!

I had to go to Orlando for a business trip during the week after Thanksgiving.  Every time I go on a trip that extends to Thursday or Friday, I immediately evaluate the opportunity to extend that trip into a local fishing expedition.  In this case, I decided to take vacation and go down a few

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4×4 and Fishing

The lure of open spaces, the challenge of getting there, a good set of bumps and the excitment of going off road; what could be better?  The challenge is that you don’t know where you can legally take that 4×4 you invested in fixing up, so you content yourself with just driving to the standard parking areas

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Surf Fishing – Outer Banks, NC

It’s winter.  I’m cold.  I want sun. This summer, my son’s wedding was a destination wedding.  The bride’s family normally does a reunion on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, so they decide to wrap the wedding into that annual event.  The basswife, who is a beach lover from way, way back, instantly ratified that

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Lake Erie – Annual Walleye Expedition; Fall 2007

Walleye fishing has always been off and on for me.  My buddy, Jeff, started taking me out once a year in what has become an annual event with his Dad.  Known as the Hawg Hunter by the fishing crowd that claims the Cranberry Cove Marina on Lake Erie as their turf, he is the consummate fishing guide and fish

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Catch and Don’t Release

For trout, I’m a catch and release kind of guy.  I’ll eat any walleye that’s legal and keep a bass or two if they are larger than 15 inches, but trout have generally been off limits.  For one, they are a hassle to cook – have plenty of bones – and the ones I catch

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Idea? Crappie Crossover?

I was wandering around, totally unsupervised by the Basswife, in Gander Mountain the other day and saw the Crappie section.  I was struck by the fact that there were a wide variety of plastics specifically targeted for this species.  They are small, interesting and, most of all, fishable on a fly rig. In the picture

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Other – Guidance on Guides

I’m not much of a fisherman today, but I shudder to think about how bad I would really be without the timely advice and mentoring I have had from a few guides.  My inventory of guides is not really long – maybe 6 or 7 different individuals.  All provided me great advice and instruction while

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Hundreds of pictures, GPS coordinates, and fishing focused discussion.

Click on the cover to go to Amazon for both print and Kindle formats.

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Hundreds of pictures, GPS coordinates, and fishing focused discussion.

Click on the cover to go to Amazon for both print and Kindle formats.

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