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Freshwater Fishing Articles Courtesy of The Fishing Wire

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Jim Shepherd

  • Five Tips On Bed Fishing
    If you fish for bedding bass these five tips from Tru Tungsten should help you catch them. Be sure to pay attention to the last one about letting bedding bass go. Only fish for them on the beds if it is legal where you live. If it is legal the fisheries biologists in your area have determined it will not hurt the bass population, but let them go anyway.

  • How To Handle A Huge Bass
    How you handle a big bass can mean the difference between a successful release or it dying. The folks in the Texas Parks and Wildlife Division have a lot of experience with big bass through their Sharelunker Program, where bass weighing over 13 pounds are used to produce fry. These tips will help you successfully release a huge bass if you ever get lucky enough to catch one.

  • Reese Wins Bassmasters Classic
    Skeet Reese came from behind to win the 2009 Bassmasters Classic.

  • Stranded Ice Fishermen
    Over 100 ice fishermen were stranded on Lake Erie because they ignored ice fishing safety.

  • Future Fisherman Foundation Physh Ed Program
    The Future Fisherman Foundation offers a program to get youth into fishing.

  • Red River Ideal Site For 2009 Bassmasters Classic
    The 2009 Bassmasters Classic will be held on pools 3,4 and 5 of the Red River. The fishery has developed since dams were built on the river and now it offers excellent fishing for quality bass.

  • Young Fishing Pro
    Jelani "JJ" Hennessey, a 17-year-old from Bowling Green, Va., has registered to compete in all nine 2009 Bassmaster Open events. He will still be in high school but his teachers support his fishing career.

  • Monster Canadian Muskie
    Jim publishes a report from Gary Engberg on a huge muskie caught in Canada on the St. Lawrence River. This muskie would be a new world record at 57 inches long with a 33 inch girth.

  • Ice Fishing Safety Tips
    The Vermont Fish and Wildlfe Department offers some wise tips to stay safe while ice fishing. This is a good time to think about safety and make sure you don't end up stranded or in the waer, it can be a matter of life or death.

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