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Learn 2 Fish With Us Educates Pulaski Cub Scouts To Fishing On Monday, October 8th, Learn 2 Fish With Us and the National Professional Anglers Association traveled to Pulaski, Wisconsin, where Captain Greg #138 and Karen Karch #121  presented their Fishing Basics seminar to Cub Scouts.  Besides Cub Scouts, sibling also attended, which brought the youth count for this event to just over ninety.  That was an awesome turnout!!   During the Fishing Basics seminar,  Captain Greg covered safety...

All registrants 18 years of age and under ($250) may bring one adult for free.   Do you want to make a living in the Fishing Industry? Co-hosted by Al and Troy Lindner and boosted by a line-up of successful professionals currently working in the sport fishing industry, you’ll learn detailed practical information, guidance and expertise to navigate the sport fishing waters. Join us at Madden’s Resort on Gull Lake in the Brainerd Lakes Area on Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 8:30...

Fall is a transition month for crappie in many parts of the country. Check out fall tips, tidal crappie, fishing the ledges, tournament news and more in the October issue of CrappieNow Digital Magazine. Advanced Seasonal Structure: Fall Ledgesby Tim Huffman Ledges are structures that can work year round. They can be creeks, rivers or ditches and smaller creeks running into bigger ones. Ledges are the focus point… Tidal CrappieBy Vic Attardo Everyone knows that time and tides wait...

Contour detail SonarChart™, our 1 ft/0.5 m HD bathymetry layer, is constantly enhanced by millions of sonar logs from boaters like you and your readers. These new contributions, coming from all over the world, are integrated with existing data to reflect the ever-changing conditions of sea, lake, and river bottoms at a very local level.  ...

New data sourcing for Navionics charts...         Navionics integrate all sorts of new data from official hydrographic services and private entities all year long. Our aim is to generate a comprehensive product that goes well beyond Nautical Charts. This is why we constantly scout new sources and carefully select the content that ends up in our final product. We choose different sources for different areas in order to maintain our high standards and continue...

Oklahoma: 2 new lakes mapped Navionics continues updating its chart coverage of popular boating and fishing areas around the country. As part of our ongoing enhancement to our maps, we recently added two lakes in Oklahoma: Copan and Lawtonka. The new maps include detailed bathymetry, port plans, ramps, spot soundings, fish attractors, submerged foundations, obstructions (wellheads). Lake Copan is a reservoir generated by the Copan dam, in Washington County, OK. The lake is home to many species...

New Florida lake charts!         Driven by the passionate commitment to support our customers’ enjoyment on the water, Navionics continues enriching its chart coverage to include popular boating and fishing areas all over the country. The Florida lakes are very popular for leisure boating, fishing and other water activities. If you are serious about any of these activities, you’ll realize that being on the water with our detailed charts makes the difference. These...

        Hello Everyone – September is one of my favorite months of the year. Cool nights and cool mornings mean top water fishing time to me. My favorite fishing memories come from September mornings sitting on a lake “walking the dog” across a point and a giant bass explodes on my lure. There is something about top water fishing that will hook you for life. Fish Smarter and go fishing!!! Did you know that Navionics charts include more than 37,000 lakes worldwide,...

View this email online August is truly the dog-days of summer fishing. However, with the right technique and right strategies, you can catch your fish and be off the water before it gets too hot. Check out CrappieNow August issues for articles, tips and tactics. Opening Cast I just returned from ICAST 2018 in Orlando Florida.  It was a great show, lots of vendors and new products including items for crappie fishing. The Live Shot’N, by TTI-Blakemore,… Planer Board Crappie Story...

Thank You for Passing the Torch to the Next Generation by Jim Kalkofen for Midwest Outdoors Among the many words of wisdom in the Bible is this from King Solomon, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” —Proverbs 22:6 That training is occurring in the fishing world throughout North America. Some of us were trained at the knees of our fathers; some by grandpas and uncles; some started in Scouts; some attended classes, clinics and seminars. There...