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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.

GuideGolfDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Buying Your First Set of Golf Clubs Without Wasting Money

You need eight clubs, not fourteen, and the used rack beats the new rack almost every time. What to buy, what to skip, what to check before you hand over cash.

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GuideOutdoorsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Hiking After Sixty Without Trashing Your Knees

The climb isn't what hurts you. It's the walk back down, and a few grams of aluminum in each hand change everything.

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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.

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GuideGolfDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

One Hour a Week of Golf Practice, Spent Where It Pays

Forty of those sixty minutes belong inside 40 yards of the hole. Here's the schedule, the drills, and the part most weekend players skip.

GuideOutdoorsDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The Car Camping Kit That Fits in a Trunk and Sleeps Like Home

Spend your money on sleep and light, in that order, and a weekend in a state park stops feeling like an endurance test.

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GuideFishingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

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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Is your money actually in order?

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GuideGolfDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Four Putting Drills That Take Five Strokes Off Your Card

Your wasted shots aren't off the tee. They're the three-putt on 4 and the 4-footer you lipped out on 11. Twenty minutes fixes most of it.

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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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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GuideGolfDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Fix Your Grip, Stance and Posture Before Buying Another Driver

The three things a teaching pro checks before he ever watches you swing, plus the drills that make them stick in ten minutes a week.

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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.

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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GuideSportsAde FisherSep 23, 20266 min

A Scholarship Offer Isn't Real Until It's in Writing

What a coach means when he says "we'd like to offer you," and the seven questions that turn a phone call into an actual number.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Outdoors6 min

The First Hour After You Realize You Are Lost

Fishing6 min

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

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StorySportsSam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

Losing Well Is a Skill and These Men Mastered It

A conceded putt, a borrowed bolt, and a kicker who stood in front of 30,000 people. What the great losers teach that trophy cases never will.

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Outdoors6 min read

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.

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