Fishing
Breaking Down New Catfish Water
Breaking Down New Catfish Water By Brad Durick Everyone likes to go to new places and experience the fishing those places have to offer. These new places may be a different part of your home river or lake; or a trip all the way across the country to try something totally different. Some people enjoy […]
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Embracing the Serenity: The Benefits of Summer Fishing in Minnesota
Embracing the Serenity: The Benefits of Summer Fishing in Minnesota By Joe Henry As the winter snow melts away and the land awakens with vibrant greens, Minnesota becomes a haven for anglers eager to explore its abundant lakes, rivers, and streams. Summer fishing in the Land of 10,000 Lakes offers a wealth of benefits beyond […]
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Catfishing the Less Traveled
Catfishing the Less Traveled By Brad Durick Humans are creatures of habit and generally looking for the easy way of doing things. This goes with our lives and in many cases our fishing. I remember reading a catfishing book many years back when I was getting started and the author pointed out that many anglers […]
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Iowa Ice Hot Spots for Crappie
Iowa Ice Hot Spots for Crappie By Ben Leal At the time of this writing Iowa was experiencing one of the warmest winters that I’ve seen in the sixteen plus years of living here. Southern and Central Iowa ponds, lakes, and reservoirs are all ice free. Northern Iowa is starting to see some skim ice, […]
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Pay Attention for Catfish
Pay Attention for Catfish By Brad Durick In the day of technology it may seem pretty easy to pull the phone out of our pocket and look up the answer to any question of what the fish are doing. There should be a report for the body of water you are on or some hot […]
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Looking at Early Season Open Water
Looking at Early Season Open Water By Steve Weisman Living in Iowa anglers get the chance to experience four seasons for fishing. Right now as we head into the month of March, we have the potential for great ice fishing in northern Iowa (depending on the spring warm-up, of course), yet we also have opportunities […]
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Guide to Late Ice
Guide to Late Ice By Rod Woten There are two phrases that will cause any ice angler to perk up their ears. “Early ice” and “late ice” are the two periods during the winter that ice anglers live for. Probably the biggest reason these periods are so popular with ice anglers is because the fishing […]
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Calling all Iowa Sportsman!
Calling all Iowa Sportsman! Tired of the same old hunting and fishing stories? Want to get the inside scoop on the latest gear, techniques, and local hotspots? Then, you need to tune in to The Iowa Sportsman Podcast. You can expect up-to-date hunting and fishing reports. Get the lowdown on what’s biting and where to […]
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Iowa’s Native Past
Iowa’s Native Past By Ryan Graden I absolutely hated History class in High School. Sitting in a room attempting to learn and memorize what happened long ago that led us to where we are now as a nation drove me nuts. I knew it was good for me, but to sit in a classroom and […]
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In Search of the Perch Bonanza!
In Search of the Perch Bonanza! By Steve Weisman Anglers will travel great distances on ice when it comes to chasing perch. In the Hawkeye state, one of the go-to places is the Iowa Great Lakes. Big Spirit and the Okoboji chain all have excellent perch populations. However, targeting these schools of meandering perch also […]
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