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Bushwhacking Small Stream Trout

By Richard Hines Across many states, March is the time for trout stocking particularly those in the Southeast where late spring water temperatures can quickly displace trout or cause them to search out more suitable water. Anglers will generally find…

Staying in Charge of Your Batteries

By Capt. Steve Chaconas If you have a bass boat, you have at least three batteries.  These batteries are responsible for starting your outboard, and running your electronics, and powering trolling motors.  Any failure and you are dead in the…

It’s Wacky

By Capt. Steve Chaconas Almost forgotten since the domination of the Senko, floating plastic worms rigged weightless remain one of the best finesse baits for pre-spawn and spawning bass on just about any fishery. Wacky-rigging appeals to the visual senses of a bass. The vulnerability of…

Life Lessons From Spring Gobblers

By Madison Whitman Hunting is a great way to teach adolescents patience and respect for wildlife. It also provides an opportunity for fathers to connect with their children. Turkey hunting, in particular, is challenging as they are elusive birds, but…

Drought and Wildfire Affect Trout in the Smoky Mountains

By Jeff Dennis In November of 2016, the outskirts of Gatlinburg, Tennessee was hit with a scorching wildfire that was inspired by drought and driven by record high winds. The Chimney Tops 2 Fire originated in the Great Smoky Mountains…

HUNTERS NEED NOT FEAR COPPERHEADS

Southern copperheads living in sandhill habitats often have light body coloration, in contrast to the darker pattern of northern copperheads. By Whit Gibbons Hunters, hikers, and bankside anglers encounter copperheads more often than any other pit viper in the eastern…

Bull Reds at Lake Calcasieu Jetties

  By Jeff Dennis When the bull reds are biting hard in Southwest Louisiana, the demand from saltwater anglers equals the supply of trips available from local fishing guides. Booking a trip with Big Lake Guide Service on Lake Calcasieu…

Prescribed Fire Is Effective Habitat Management Practice

By Jeff Dennis The use of prescribed fire is the most cost effective landscape scale management tool available, but variables can dictate how and when to apply it. Too wet and fuels won’t burn, too dry and you risk tree…

Falling Into the Trap

By Steve Chaconas One of the last of the American-made fishing lures, the Bill Lewis Rat L Trap, has been found in tackle boxes for the past 50 years. The original stood alone as word got out that Rat L…

“There’s No Getting Rid of It Without Killing Everything”: Chronic Wasting Disease in Arkansas

By Emily Franks FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Nathan Ogden believes it’s just a matter of time before he encounters the disease that’s killing deer and elk before he gets the chance to hunt them in northwest Arkansas. “I’m sure it’s here,…

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