Bass

A Guide for June Fishing in Iowa
June Fishing in Iowa By Todd Reed Iowa may be one of the best states in the Midwest to fish this time of year. The water is warming, most all spawning activity is complete, and the rivers are flowing. No matter what part of the state you live in, you have a river nearby that […]
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Get Into The Outdoors
Get Into The Outdoors By Ryan Graden My wife and I have four daughters! You can all pray for us! But truthfully, I wouldn’t change it for the world. Having these young ladies in my life has been an incredible journey as we have raised them through the years. My oldest is sixteen and my […]
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Trophy Fish What Makes Em’ Grow
Trophy Fish What Makes Em’ Grow By Ben Leal As a lifelong angler I have had the thrill of catching some genuine trophy fish. As a boy, a trophy was anything bigger than the last fish I caught. And in one case it was one that never took the bait, but one I could clearly […]
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Springtime Spawning
Springtime Spawning By Kirsten Lundy Largemouth bass are a worldwide favorite sport fish, and, luckily for Iowans, can be found across various types of water bodies all around the state. In fact, the Iowa DNR currently reports the presence of these bass in over 500 lakes and streams. So it comes as no surprise that […]
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Spring Bass Fishing 101
Spring Bass Fishing 101 By Todd Reed Each March and early April around the state of Iowa people start to focus their thoughts on catching that first bass of the year. Spring is an excellent time of year to target bass around Iowa and most likely you will catch your biggest bass of the whole […]
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80 Years Collecting and Using Fishing Gear… Now What?
80 Years Collecting and Using Fishing Gear… Now What? By Tom A. Woodruff It all started in 1937 with a corn cob bobber used to fish off a sand bar in Long Crick in “Naturally” Louisa County, Iowa. Yes we always called a creek a crick there. Long crick and that darn corn cob bobber […]
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Cold Water Bassin
Cold Water Bassin By Ben Leal By the time April rolls around many of us have been to several outdoor sports shows where pictures of open water trophies are being displayed and boats line halls, giving way to dreams of being out on the water. Bass anglers are itching to get out on the lake […]
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Preparing Your Boat for the Season
Preparing Your Boat for the Season By Todd Reed Hopefully the spring fishing season has treated you well here in the great state of Iowa. I have been out many times traveling through the state with a boat in tow. No matter if you have a 12-foot jon boat, or a 21-foot fiberglass boat, the […]
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Iowa’s State Parks
Iowa’s State Parks By Ryan Graden In the last 25 years of technological advancements, I have watched our culture advance at a tremendous pace that, I worry, will never slow down. Phones, computers, iPods, iPads, GPS, electric cars, automatic vacuums, auto lawnmowers, and more! We are certainly making things easier for our lifestyles, but we […]
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Train Up A Child
Train Up A Child By Earl Taylor When I was a child I had my life, and my parents had theirs; they did not try to weave their lives into my life; we were not best friends. I did what was normal for a nine-year-old boy, while my parents worked, mowed the yard, went to […]
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