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Category: Fishing

trot line how-to diagram
September 23, 2019 Alabama / Fishing / Oral histories

We used to catch the cat on a trot line

At Yonker Hole, you could catch some pretty big catfish and oh, some five or six pound bass. We used to catch the cat on a trot line.

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jim gasque slingshot collection
October 22, 2018 Fishing / Great Smoky Mountains / Hunting / Tennessee

Stalking game with his slingshot

Jim Gasque, NC sportsman, proved that the ordinary slingshot, when properly made and used, can be an adult weapon of deadly accuracy.

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worm grunting technique
July 20, 2016 Alabama / Fishing

Worm Fiddlers are Making Good in Valley Area

A new industry has sprung up in the Joe Wheeler Lake area where anglers spend their time in the fisherman’s paradise created by the TVA.

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brook trout decoy, 19th century
August 25, 2014 Fishing / Tennessee / Timber Industry

Book Excerpt: ‘Downstream: Reflections on Brook Trout, Fly Fishing, and the Waters of Appalachia’

Tennessee’s lower Tellico River offers a picture of what a trout river can look like after it has been restored.

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    January 12, 2024
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