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Fishing the Walleye Bite From Sunset to Full Dark

Walleye feed when your eyes quit working. Get on the spot early, throw the right jig, and learn the rig for nights when they won't chase.

GuideGolfSam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

Raising a Golfer Without Ruining Golf for Them

Three clubs, four holes, zero swing tips. How to hand your kid the game so they actually want it back.

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GuideOutdoorsSam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

How Far Kids Can Really Hike and How to End the Day Happy

Distances by age, a snack schedule that works, and the one rule that decides whether your kid ever asks to go again.

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Fishing6 min read

Night Catfishing Without Wasting the Whole Night

Set up before dark, match the bait to the species, and let the circle hook do the work. The rest is discipline.

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GuideGolfMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

How to Play Golf With Your Boss Without Making It Weird

Four hours, one cart, zero small talk to hide behind. What to do on the first tee, at the turn, and after a shank.

GuideOutdoorsNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Hiking Alone as a Woman Starts the Night Before

A trip plan somebody actually reads, a turn-around time you keep, and the gear that earns its weight when the light goes early.

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GuideFishingWes DunbarSep 23, 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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Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

GuideGolfDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The Five Changes That Get You Under 100

Ninety-nine on a par 72 means nine bogeys and nine doubles. Stop chasing pars and start protecting the number.

GuideOutdoorsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

The First Hour After You Realize You Are Lost

Most search-and-rescue stories are decided before the sun goes down, by what you do in the sixty minutes after the trail stops looking like a trail.

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GuideFishingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

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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GuideGolfDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Breaking Ninety Without Touching Your Swing

Eighty-nine is bogey golf with one par in it. You don't need a better move. You need to stop making sevens.

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GuideOutdoorsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Leave No Trace Before Somebody Turns It Into a Rule

The fastest way to lose a free, unpermitted, gate-open campsite is to leave it worse than you found it. Here's the practical version.

GuideFishingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Size Limits, Slot Limits and the Rules That Keep Fish Coming

Why the state tells you to throw back the 30-inch redfish and keep the 24, and how to stay legal without reading a 90-page booklet.

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GuideGolfDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Fix Your Slice by Starting With the Clubface, Not the Swing

The ball starts where the face points and curves away from the path. Fix those two things in that order and the slice has nowhere to live.

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Outdoors6 min

The Ground Steals Your Heat Before the Air Ever Does

Fishing6 min

Buying a Used Fishing Boat Without Buying Somebody's Problem

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GuideGolfDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The Chunk and the Skull Are the Same Bad Chip

One flaw causes both misses around the green. Fix your low point, pick a smarter club, and stop giving away four shots a round.

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Read a Topo Map and Shoot a Bearing Before Your Phone Dies

Lithium batteries quit in the cold and GPS quits under cliffs. A paper quad and a $40 baseplate compass never do. Learn them now, not in the fog.

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