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June 30, 2026

A well-thrown cast net will make obtaining bait a much-easier task.

A primer on cast nets

I don’t know that there is any single piece of fishing equipment that is less understood than a cast net. What? That’s easy. They are nets thrown to catch bait. […]

Fix your boat and trailer before anything breaks

Brian Cope

April is a great fishing month, but it’s also a common month for anglers to break down on the water or on the side of the road due to poor boat and trailer maintenance. […]

Bacon-wrapped stuffed wild turkey breast is a tremendous recipe to use when preparing a big gobbler.

Wrap a turkey in bacon

Jerry Dilsaver

April is a special time in the Carolinas. Spring is busting out all over, and there are numerous opportunities for freshwater and saltwater fishing, plus, it’s turkey season. […]

Fishing with a bow is challenging, especially when done from a kayak.

Fishing with a bow is fun and challenging

Bill Howard

Fishing with a bow is a lot like hunting, and it’s especially challenging when it’s done from a kayak. […]

A big Mop Jig will produce a lot of big prespawn bass, but not until you’ve found them with a search bait like a crankbait.

Not all the lake’s a stage

Davy Hite

March means prespawn bass fishing across South Carolina, with maybe a few fish spawning late in the month, but it’s the best prespawn month and big-fish month. […]

When Bassmaster Elite pro Brandon Palaniuk fishes the Classic at Grand Lake in Oklahoma this month he’ll have a box of Wiggle Warts with him.

The importance of realistic, crawfish patterns is well known to Bassmaster Elite pro, and Brandon Palaniuk proved it on his way to finishing second in the 2013 Bassmaster Classic on Grand Lake in Oklahoma. […]

ProNav Angler adds electronic super powers to a “dumb” trolling motor with electric steering and then lets you manually or automatically navigate and position your boat as you fish.

Phone-in boat control

Allan Tarvid

There seems to be no end to the number of ways smartphones and tablets can help us. Just about the time I thought I couldn’t be surprised by another smart-electronics revelation, I discovered that they can now operate a bow-mounted trolling motor. […]