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The Coike Takeover: Bass Fishing's Strangest Winning Lure
A spiny, golf-ball-shaped Japanese lure called the Coike has won three straight major bass tournaments and now sells for $284 on eBay. Pros are split on whether it is magic, and whether anyone will try to ban it.
Jason Christie Wins 10th Bassmaster Title at Pasquotank River
Jason Christie pulled more than 28 pounds off a single dock to win the Maxam Tire Bassmaster Elite at Pasquotank River, claiming his 10th career B.A.S.S. title and joining an elite club of double-digit winners.
Five Soft Plastics Every Bream Angler Should Carry
Sydney finesse tournament angler Abs cuts through the overwhelming soft plastics market with five proven bream lures — from scent-loaded crabs to a critter that tempts the fussiest fish.
Two Mornings on Lake Macquarie: Cold, Wind and Big Flatties
Newcastle charter skipper Lowey fished back-to-back winter mornings on Lake Macquarie in very different conditions. A grinding, near-fishless first session gave way to an unlikely second-day purple patch of jewfish and big flathead, and a lesson in adapting on the fly.
Soft-Baiting the South Island: Trout Without the Fly Rod
On a multi-day South Island trip, Fishy Business host Adam leaves the fly rod behind and catches brown and rainbow trout on soft plastics, with veteran angler Malcolm breaking down jig-head weights and upstream presentation.
Striped Bass Hit June: Big Fish North, Worryingly Few Small
On The Water's latest striped bass migration report tracks 40-pounders pushing into Maine and a red-hot Long Island Sound, but the hosts and guest captains keep returning to one concern: where are all the small fish?
Reels That Brake Themselves: The Spring Bass Gear Worth Buying
Tactical Bassin's Matt Allen runs through the standout bass tackle of the spring, headlined by a new wave of electronically self-adjusting baitcasters and scent-driven soft plastics designed to convince a bass it has found real food.
Land-Based and Loaded: Run-Off Barra Without the Boat
With the salt blown out and the boat stuck at home, the Micksgonefishing host walked the bank of a freshwater run-off and landed a string of barra, including a pair of 83s.
Tight to the Timber: A Far North Creek Guide to Mangrove Jack
A Port Douglas creek session distils the essentials of chasing mangrove jack - cast into heavy snags, run a 40lb leader, lock up instantly on the strike and fish the run-in tide in low light.
Decades of Barra, Never a Saratoga: Ryan Moody's Tableland Lesson
After decades of guiding for barramundi, Ryan Moody finally targets saratoga on the stocked Tablelands behind Cairns - and shares the weedless paddle-tail switch and barra-style delayed hookset that turned a one-from-30 disaster into a 15-from-17 result.
Westerly Change Set to Clean Gold Coast Water for Mackerel
A long-awaited westerly is set to clean up dirty Gold Coast water, and the team behind Dougie Burt's Fishing Channel say it could fire up mackerel, snapper, jewfish and mud crabs after weeks of swell and rain.
Beaten by the Locals: A 26lb Bag Still Falls Short at a Small Derby
Fishing solo against two-man teams in a small local derby, YouTuber Milliken weighed an enormous 26.8-pound bag caught entirely on one stick bait — and still got pipped by a local team. The day was a reminder of how stacked some northern largemouth fisheries have become.
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