Entries for June 2011

NAFC Facebook Fans Help Pattern A New Lake For Bass

By: Steve Pennaz - Jun 20

I recently fished a 300-acre lake I’d been on once before more than 10 years ago. In other words, I knew virtually nothing about it. My fishing partner for the day was Greg Huff. He oversees the NAFC’s Facebook page (www.Facebook/fishingclub), so when he suggested we solicit input from NAFC's Faceb...

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Eat Bass, Improve Your Fishery?

By: Steve Pennaz, NAFC Executive Director - Jun 09

Karen looked at me with her soft brown eyes and said, “I’d really like fish for dinner tonight.” Well, it was mid-afternoon on a hot August day and my first thoughts were that a batch of fried crappie did sound great. But then I remembered I had searched low and high for crappie a few days ...

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Sonar Advice

By: Steve Pennaz, NAFC Executive Director - Jun 09

Years back, a sage angler friend suggested I turn off all the automatic features on my sonar and play with features like sensitivity to learn as much as possible about what was beneath my boat. It was great advice ... still is. Today's sonar units are incredible technological devic...

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Art of Conservation

By: Steve Pennaz, NAFC Executive Director - Jun 07

What began as a kid's homework assignment in 1998 has grown into one of the most effective conservation education programs in the United States. Wildlife Forever's State Fish Art Program uses art, as part of the Fish On! school curriculum, to teach kids about aquatic resource conservation. ...

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Heading North, Packing Light

By: Steve Pennaz - Jun 01

I am leaving soon on a fly-in fishing trip to northern Quebec and have assembled what I'm bringing for four days of walleye and pike fishing. In the days before one bag limits when traveling by air, bringing enough gear was much easier (I'd just bring it all). But now I must pack more carefully--her...

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