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Take him where the fish bite, not where the trophies are

The father-son fishing trip that actually works is two nights, four hours from home, on water full of small fish that never stop biting.

GuideHunting & ShootingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Fishing With Kids Without Ruining It For Them

Ninety minutes, a dock, a box of worms and a bluegill. That's the whole plan, and it works better than anything ambitious.

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GuideFishingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Boat Launch Etiquette That Keeps the Ramp Moving

Everything you should have done before your trailer tires touch the water, plus the retrieval mistakes that make a Saturday morning line back up to the road.

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If you eat oily fish twice a week, skip the fish oil

The capsules aren't magic and they aren't a scam. The only question that matters is what you actually ate in the last seven days.

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GuideTravelWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

How to pick a hunting or fishing trip worth flying for

Most guided trips don't justify a plane ticket. The ones that do share four things, and you can check all of them before you pay a deposit.

GuideFishingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Filleting Fish at the Dock Without Making a Mess of It

A sharp knife, four cuts, and the cold-chain habits that decide whether dinner tastes like the lake or like an old sponge.

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GuidePlayWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Fishing from the bank with one bag and no boat

Most fish spend most of their lives within a long cast of shore. Everything you need to catch them fits in a backpack.

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GuideFishingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Fried, Grilled and Blackened Without Ruining the Fish

Most fish dinners are lost at the boat, not the stove. Handle the catch right, then pick the method that fits the fillet.

GuideFishingDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

A Tackle Box That Covers Ninety Percent of Freshwater Fishing

One tray, about forty pieces, and you can fish a farm pond, a trout stream, a walleye flat and a bass river without repacking.

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GuideFishingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

How to Release a Fish So It Actually Lives

A fish that swims off isn't the same as a fish that survives. The handling details that decide which one you just let go.

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GuideFishingNina Castellan23 Sept 20265 min

Fishing Gear That Fits a Woman, and Water Worth Trying

Reversible reel handles, waders cut for a different hip, and four kinds of water you can fish from the bank or on foot.

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GuideFishingSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Take Your Grown Son Fishing Before You Run Out of Saturdays

Two nights, one cooler, water within five hours of home, and a rule about who picks the spot. The trip is simpler and shorter than you think.

GuideFishingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

How Thick the Ice Needs to Be Before You Walk Out On It

Four inches of new clear ice will hold a man. Here's what that number leaves out, and the gear that gets you home if you're wrong.

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GuideFishingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

How to Find Fish on a Lake You Have Never Seen

Ninety minutes of map work and a stubborn willingness to leave dead water will beat local knowledge more often than you'd think.

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Fishing the Walleye Bite From Sunset to Full Dark

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Night Catfishing Without Wasting the Whole Night

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GuideFishingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

How to Catch Your First Fish From the Surf or a Pier

Buy less rod than you think, fish the moving water, and stop setting the hook. What a first saltwater trip actually takes.

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Read a Fish Finder Right and Skip the Features You Won't Use

A 20-degree cone in 20 feet of water sees a circle seven feet wide. Everything else you need to know follows from that.

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