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Learn the basic surf fishing tips for beginners like the best time to go, where to cast a line, gear, bait and techniques.
Fishing and boating shows and expos can be found all around the country at various times of the year.
With roughly 365 million trillion gallons of water on our planet, it can be difficult to decide where’s best to drop anchor and throw out a line.
Sometimes we just can’t get enough of fishing and boating.
Many lakes and rivers throughout the country are at the lowest and clearest they will be all year.
According to the National Association of State Park Directors, there are over 6000 state parks across the country.
The bluefish arrived in full force the other day.
Now that we’ve reached August, many of us are right in the thick of our fishing seasons.
Much of the United States is dealing with a brutal heat wave; known here in Oklahoma as “summer.” Anglers, and fish, compensate for triple-digit daytime temperatures by utilizing the cooler windows of mornings and evenings.
For the 48 percent of Americans that lie awake at night restless from the stress of their day, relief may be closer than they think.
Back in the mid 1990’s I made a video (remember those?) with my friend Jon Perette.
We hear a lot these days about threatened rivers—waters that are in peril as fisheries and recreational resources.
Recently, my family canoed several miles of the Clarion River in Western Pennsylvania.
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