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TESTRIDE Coming to Mille Lacs with Two Cabela’s Events

by Outdoor Hub May 22, 2012
TESTRIDE Coming to Mille Lacs with two Cabela’s Events

Two big walleye tournaments will soon arrive at Izaty’s Resort on Minnesota’s lake Mille Lacs. Several hundred teams will compete in the Cabela’s National Team Championship (NTC) and Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit (MWC) events. The popular TESTRIDE program is scheduled alongside these tournaments, inviting the public to ride an Evinrude-powered Ranger boat. TESTRIDE is a [...]

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Michigan DNR Offers Walleye Fishing Trip for Women on Saginaw Bay June 2

by Outdoor Hub May 21, 2012
Michigan DNR Offers Walleye Fishing Trip for Women on Saginaw Bay June 2

The Department of Natural Resources’ Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) program will offer women an opportunity to experience Saginaw Bay walleye fishing on Saturday, June 2, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. All equipment will be provided for this half-day adventure with Captain Jeff Godi of the Michigan-X, Captain Tim Bristol of Fishheads Charters and Captain Dick Donavon [...]

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Kevin McQuoid Proves He’s an All-Star Walleye Angler

by Outdoor Hub May 18, 2012
Kevin McQuoid Proves He’s an All-Star Walleye Angler

Winning his THIRD victory in the walleye side of the FLW Outdoors organization, the National Guard FLW Walleye Tour, Kevin McQuoid left no doubt: he is an All-Star walleye angler. As humble as he is skilled, McQuoid would never jump up and down about his own accomplishments. So allow us to summarize: FLW Outdoors career [...]

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Minnesota DNR Fisheries Marking Walleye Fry to Evaluate Stocking Levels

by Outdoor Hub May 17, 2012
Minnesota DNR Fisheries Marking Walleye Fry to Evaluate Stocking Levels

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fisheries biologists began an eight-year study in 2008 to determine the optimum number of walleye fry that should be stocked back into lakes where eggs are removed for stocking purposes. The first phase of the study focused on marking walleye fry using oxytetracycline (OTC) to differentiate stocked fry from [...]

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Conservation-Minded Fishing League Format Sweeps Western Wisconsin

by Jason Halfen May 15, 2012
Conservation-minded fishing league format sweeps western Wisconsin

In the face of increasing state regulations of fishing tournaments and community concerns about the impact of competitive angling on local fisheries, a group of innovative, conservation-minded anglers have adopted a novel strategy for conducting weekly walleye tournaments on a set of lakes and rivers in western Wisconsin. These events do not require fish to [...]

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Zachowski Leads National Guard FLW Walleye Tour Event on Lake Erie

by Outdoor Hub May 11, 2012
Zachowski Leads National Guard FLW Walleye Tour Event On Lake Erie

The windy conditions that greeted anglers  Thursday morning seemingly had no effect on walleye pro Rick Zachowski of Milwaukee, Wis., and his co-angler Jimmy Cox of Bono, Ark., for the first day of the National Guard FLW Walleye Tour on Lake Erie presented by Dr. Pepper. The competitors’ five best walleyes came in today weighing [...]

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Walleyes Remain Abundant in Sylvan Lake, Indiana

by Outdoor Hub May 7, 2012
Walleyes Remain Abundant in Sylvan Lake, Indiana

Walleyes remain so abundant at Sylvan Lake in Noble County that the DNR is again scaling back walleye stocking there. The move will allow the DNR to devote more walleye fingerlings to Lake Maxinkuckee in Marshall County. “Given the high number of walleyes now present in Sylvan Lake, we think we can make better use [...]

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Cabela’s Announces “Wanna Go Fishing for Millions?” Participating Waters

by Cabela's May 7, 2012
Cabela’s Announces “Wanna Go Fishing for Millions?” Participating Waters

Cabela’s Incorporated, the World’s Foremost Outfitter of hunting, fishing and outdoor gear, announced today the participating waters for Wanna Go Fishing for Millions?, a contest giving anglers a shot at up to $2 million in cash and more than $225,000 in additional prizes by catching tagged fish in select lakes across the United States. Cabela’s, [...]

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Skinner, McCormick Win Cabela’s MWC Lake Pueblo Tournament

by Outdoor Hub May 4, 2012
Skinner, McCormick Win Cabela’s MWC Lake Pueblo Tournament

Don Skinner and Curtis McCormick finished strong to win a wild shootout among 74 of the West’s top walleye anglers at the Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit’s tournament at Lake Pueblo, Colorado. “I’ve fished several MWC tournaments but this will always be special to me because it’s our first win,” said Skinner, of Parker, Colorado. He [...]

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Freshwater Fishing Kicks into High Gear on May 5 with the Opening of the Fishing Season in New York

by Outdoor Hub May 3, 2012
Freshwater Fishing Kicks into High Gear on May 5 with the Opening of the Fishing Season in New York

The fishing season for many popular warmwater sportfish, including walleye, northern pike, pickerel and tiger muskellunge, opens Saturday, May 5 and with this, most of New York’s sportfish seasons will be open, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens announced today. This includes catch and release fishing for black bass (largemouth and [...]

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Walleye Season Opens May 5 on Iowa’s Great Lakes

by Outdoor Hub May 1, 2012

The 136th walleye fishing season officially opens May 5 at Spirit Lake, East and West Okoboji lakes, and opening weekend could offer challenges not found in other years: the really early spring. “Can the anglers adapt to the early spring conditions, or will the typical fishing patterns and tactics work?” asked fisheries biologist Mike Hawkins. [...]

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National Guard FLW Walleye Tour Headed to Lake Erie

by Outdoor Hub April 25, 2012
National Guard FLW Walleye Tour Headed to Lake Erie

The warm winter of 2012 had Lake Erie about a month ahead of where it normally would have been in March for walleye habitat and spawning. So when the National Guard FLW Walleye Tour presented by Dr Pepper visits the Great Lake May 12-14 anglers may not expect to see some of the spectacular weights [...]

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Professional Walleye Fishermen Behind Pink Boats for Hope

by Outdoor Hub April 19, 2012
Professional Walleye Fishermen Behind Pink Boats for Hope

We’re not sure how many fashionistas are dialed in on the newest color schemes in the National Guard FLW Walleye Tour tournament, just underway on the Mississippi River in Minnesota. But the hottest new color in tournament boats is pink. Lots of bright, bold pink. And the fishermen that own these beautiful Ranger Boats, Kevin [...]

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This Week on Outdoors Radio, Fish with the Pros at the All-Star Walleye School

by Outdoor Hub April 13, 2012
This Week on Outdoors Radio, Fish with the Pros at the All-Star Walleye School

This week, Dan Small Outdoors Radio features Wisconsin Deer Trustee Dr. James Kroll, Minnesota angling broadcaster Chip Leer, Wisconsin DNR recreational safety warden Todd Schaller and Madison area guide Ron Barefield. Jeff challenges apathetic sportsmen to share their opinions. Dan fishes for trout in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area. Wisconsin Deer Trustee Dr. James Kroll talks about [...]

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National Guard FLW Walleye Tour Season Opener Headed to Mighty Mississippi River

by Outdoor Hub April 5, 2012
National Guard FLW Walleye Tour Season Opener Headed to Mighty Mississippi River

The enigmatic winter that Minnesota enjoyed this year may have left residents free of backaches from shoveling snow and sunbathing a month early, but it is really going to challenge professional walleye anglers as the National Guard FLW Walleye Tour presented by Evinrude gets underway with the season opener on the Mississippi River in Red [...]

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How To Find and Catch Unpressured Walleyes During the Spring Run

by Jason Halfen April 5, 2012
How to find and catch unpressured walleyes during the spring run

All across the walleye belt, anglers wait with supreme anticipation for the arrival of the spring “run”, as walleye and sauger transition up rivers to participate in their annual spawning rituals. Many anglers are drawn to the tailrace areas of river-spanning dams, which interrupt the upstream movement of fish and hold catchable numbers of walleye [...]

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Lake Erie Daily Limit for Walleye to Remain at Six Through Apr. 30

by Outdoor Hub April 3, 2012

The daily possession limit for walleye in Michigan’s waters of Lake Erie will remain at six through April 30, 2013, the Department of Natural Resources announced today. In 2011 Michigan adopted a process for setting regulations that allows the DNR to use real-time population data instead of using year-old survey results. This process parallels one [...]

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Ted Takasaki’s Spring Jig Pitching Tips

by Outdoor Hub Reporters April 3, 2012
Ted Takasaki’s Spring Jig Pitching Tips

Ted Takasaki is known for competitive, professional fishing. He has won numerous tournaments and in 2002 he even set the PWT tournament record with a limit of five walleyes that weighed 53.2 pounds. He is considered one of America’s leading walleye experts and has given many seminars across the Midwest on the topic. Now he [...]

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Lake Erie Sport Fishing Outlook is Positive for 2012

by Outdoor Hub March 30, 2012

Lake Erie anglers should enjoy a diversity of fishing opportunities in 2012, according to biologists with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. “When you consider the mix of species and sizes that are seasonally available to Ohio anglers, we are optimistic about the fishing prospects this year,” said Roger Knight,Lake Erie [...]

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Johnson, Rhoads Win Cabela’s MWC Spring Valley Tournament

by Outdoor Hub March 29, 2012
Johnson, Rhoads Win Cabela’s MWC Spring Valley Tournament

Ohioans Dan Johnson and Larry Rhoads III rocketed from 77th place on Day One into the winner’s circle on Day Two at the Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit’s Spring Valley season opener on the Illinois River. “It’s fantastic,” Johnson, of Fayetteville, said of the dramatic come-from-behind victory over the 154-team field competing in the 26th annual [...]

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