The Inside Line

Lake Champlain lies between the Adirondack and Green Mountains, and is 129 miles long. It borders New York, Vermont and Canada and is one of the deepest lakes in the Northeast. Champlain …

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The Elite Series is over, which means I have weekends back to myself, and my colleagues’ kids are back in school, so once again I’m ready to travel a bit, and our next trip is a doozy. My wife Ha …

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Despite the fact that there are effectively three tour level trails – plus the Opens, plus the Toyotas, plus whatever the heck is going on out west this year – each year some new entity promises …

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The first time I tied on a Whopper Plopper in Mexico, my longtime guide gave me the side eye and then laughed. Five minutes later, he wasn’t laughing. The fish had clearly never seen anything lik …

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Occasionally, the Bassmaster Elite Series visits highland reservoirs, and this year Alabama’s Smith Lake made the schedule. When it was announced, reactions were mixed — some for, some again …

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Some anglers identify completely and wholeheartedly as tournament bass anglers. They live, eat, sleep, and breathe the competition lifestyle. Others are exclusively dry fly fishermen for wild …

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