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November 19, 2012

Prep Time For Ice Season

After a great season of open water fishing, chasing down multiple species of fish

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August 12, 2012

Northwest Iowa Outdoors Pro Staff boards Jaws II

By John Hackett: A contingency of the Northwest Iowa Outdoors Pro Staff consisting

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August 2, 2012

2012 Ice Fishing Season is just around the corner……

With fall approaching rapidly, it won’t be long till my favorite fishing

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August 1, 2012

My fundraising goal for the new Marcum LX-9

Just an easy-updater to track my progress for those that have been following my

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July 10, 2012

Find yourself a fishing buddy…..

My first memories of fishing were on the Mighty Mo with my parents and brother from

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Fly Rod Panfish June 1, 2012

Fly Rod Panfish

By: Drew Hackett Back in 1993 I was gearing up for a 7 day hike into the Rocky

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Trotlines and Ditty Poles June 1, 2012

Trot Lines and Bank Poles

By: Drew Hackett They go by many names; ditty poles, ditty lines, bank lines, throw

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April 1, 2012

Deer Creek Lake?

By John Hackett: In 1988 the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) put into

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March 11, 2012

End of Chunky Water….. Bring on Soft Water!

  If you haven’t stepped outside in the last week, you might not have

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February 15, 2012

My favorite bait shop

  Everyone seems to have a favorite bait shop, that one place that has what you

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February 14, 2012

Old school versus new school….

  Ice fishing in the past meant grabbing a small ice fishing rod, some jig

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January 31, 2012

Add some plastics to your arsenal….

  Live bait works, no doubt about it.  Slap a waxie, a wiggler, a spike, or a

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