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Chris Bush |  The Speckled Truth Nature continues to evolve and throughout modern history humans have done the same. Fishing is no different. From primitive angling methods, literally rooted in our ancestry, to newer digital components enclosed in titanium frames, a once basic survival skill now closely resembles our tech savvy world despite the surroundings. One of the fisheries most impacted is redfish.  Redfish, or red drum, for those that aren’t aware, are the benchmark inshore species along many coastal states. Ranging anywhere from 6 to 60 inches, their seemingly always hungry demeanor, typically yields plenty of bent rods earmarked by strong bulldoggish runs and stripping drag. Yet, despite their consistent reaction to a perfectly presented offering, fishermen, in their approach, provide the evolutionary transition to targeting them – sight fishing being the most prominent.   THE HIGHER THE BETTER Two decades ago, Flip Pallot, in his show Walkers...

Johnnie Candle  from Devils Lake, North Dakota, is a tournament walleye fisherman and recently was inducted into the North Dakota Fishing Hall of Fame. I don’t do a whole lot of ice fishing during the winter months, however, I do some just to keep myself sharp on how to catch walleyes under a variety of fishing conditions. At the time of this interview in late January, I’m headed to ice fish for several hours.  I’ve found that some of the most productive spots result from my paying attention to where I’m  fishing for walleyes in the fall . During the fall, the walleyes are headed toward their wintering areas, traditionally moving to deep structures in the water to hold on in the winter months. At the low-light parts of the winter day – at first light and at last light – walleyes usually will move up and feed where you’ve caught them in the summertime in their traditional feeding areas, generally shallow rock structure, and weeds that haven’t died off in the winter....

Don C. Keller | Originally published in  GameKeepers: Farming for Wildlife Magazine Last winter my wife and I were driving north of Montgomery, Alabama, close to the Alabama River, when she looked out the window and commented, “Look at that large flock of geese!” “Geese? Those aren’t geese,” I said. “Those are "fish terrorists," better known as cormorants, or water turkeys.” The double crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) is a large, migratory fish-eating bird whose numbers have exploded in the last 15 years. This population increase can be attributed to the ban on DDT, reduction in wetlands, and protection under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. In large numbers, cormorants are a menace to any body of water that has a fish population. Cormorants are not wading birds like great blue herons, but are swimmers that can dive and swim for long distances underwater to catch their prey. They are so efficient that centuries ago the Chinese figured out that they could use...