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Originally Published on Nov 18, 2011 “From the Docks” NBC Sports The standard recommendation for catching crappie, and November can be a solid month for slab on many of the southern reservoirs, is to downsize and fish light jigs. But

Originally Published on Nov 30, 2011 “From the Docks” NBC Sports The quickest way to start a fight is to say something is better than something else; in the process you’ll likely step on some toes. Well, I just finished

Sonar Advice

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 sonar advice

Originally Published on Nov 1, 2011 “From the Docks” NBC Sports I never really bought into the theory that the best way to save deep-hooked fish was to cut the line and release the fish with the hook still buried.