Entries for March 2011

So what about Sunday, March 20th?

By: - Mar 28

Why do you ask? Well, it was the last day where we had decent sunshine, calm winds and a reasonable 48 degree day and, finally, 99% of the ice off the rivers and ponds up here in Massachusetts. Lakes are still pretty thick, but they're coming right along. Match this with water at 48 degree...

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Pennaz Post: Giant Trout, Huge Bass and Ice

By: - Mar 16

I spoke to my father-in-law over the weekend. He and his bride of 50-plus years are wintering on the Texas Gulf Coast, like they have for the past several years. And he and I share fishing reports on a weekly basis, much like Hank Jr's buddy from New York in a "Country Boy Can Survive" would s...

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Pennaz Post: Fishing’s Hottest Secret!

By: - Mar 11

Know up front that the headline above was stolen from an article by Byron Scott with the same title that appeared in the February 1956 edition of Outdoor Life. Despite its age, I am fascinated by the piece. Did you know that media around Possum Kingdom Lake in Texas (roughly 70 miles west of...

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Missouri Water Temps

By: - Mar 05

Water temperatures have finally reached the 40 degree mark here in Missouri. Lots of rain has made things difficult but the fishing is really going to pick up in the next couple weeks. The truth is cranking and spinner baits may rule here very soon. Hope to get busy and rip some lip in the near futu...

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Pennaz Post: Background on National Saltwater Anglers Registry

By: - Mar 04

The 2006 Reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) included a provision establishing a federal registry of saltwater anglers in order to improve recreational saltwater fishing data collection. The registry’s predecessor, the Marine Recreational Fish...

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Pennaz Post: Color Doesn’t Matter

By: - Mar 01

I stopped Kurt Beckstrom in the hallway the other day and uttered a single word as a question: “Color?.” Kurt looked me in the eye before answering: “There are other things to get right first.” Then the editor of North American Fisherman magazine disappeared into his office. His comment caught...

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