Hi, my name is Jonny Schultz and I am a 16-year old junior angler from Little Rock, Arkansas. I have been very fortunate to work with Plano for the past seven years, and have grown to rely on their tackle systems to give me an edge over my competition. I have fished the Junior Bassmasters for eight years, and began fishing the Bassmaster Weekend Series in 2011.
When you are fishing a tournament ...
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Article by Glen Walker, Plano Field Staffer
Here a wacky rigged Senko is shown on my drop shot rig.
Since my move to Minnesota in 2009, I’ve had to become familiar with different tactics to be successful in tournaments on the lakes that I fish. A technique that has become one of my go to lures these past summers in tournaments, regardless if I was fishing shallow, deep, lake or river, is the...
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Thanks in part to a custom-made wheelchair mount and mouth-triggering device, Jake Beckstrom is deadly accurate with his crossbow.
by NAHC Member Jake Beckstrom
Only a few minutes remained before legal shooting time ended on day No. 1 of my bowhunting career. My dad had just begun packing up a few items inside the roomy box blind when our host, NAH Managing Editor Dave Maas, whispered sharply, ...
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By Inside Track Managing Editor Dave Maas
The author's friend, Jay, with a lunchtime gobbler
The shot is etched into my memory—I aimed at the spot where the strutting tom’s beard attached to his chest as he drew closer with each step …9 yards, 8 yards, 7 yards … and then sent my arrow on its way. The red and yellow fletchings disappeared into the tom’s chest feathers, b...
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The fact that professional bass angler Kevin VanDam won the 2011 Bassmaster Classic on the Louisiana Delta left everybody scratching their heads … everybody except VanDam. The fishing phenomenon from Kalamazoo, Mich. enters every bass tournament expecting to win and it seems he really is in contention in most events to do just that.
Over his career along the BASS trail alone, VanDam has recorde...
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Whether Pennsylvania’s famous furry little butterball saw his shadow today or not, most anglers across the country have already accepted the fact they are in for six more weeks of winter because it is only February. However, the groundhog sighting still offers encouragement since the plump little rodent looks to be about a 10-pounder, a size that stirs illusions of a double-digit bass or walley...
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Three lucky anglers have an extra special “thanks” to say on this Thanksgiving, as their names were chosen by random drawing to receive the three top prizes in Plano’s online contest that recently concluded.
Arkansas’ Joan Warwick is the grand prize winner, receiving the Hank Parker autographed Plano FTO Elite soft tackle bag that is part of the legendary angler’s signature series. The m...
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While arrowheads are believed to date back thousands of years, bowhunting as a sport really has developed in only the last few decades in the United States. In fact, the first bow-specific season was established in 1934 in Wisconsin.
Today, there are more than 3 million bowhunters across the country and most of them – more than 90 percent according to research – hunt with compound bows. Ironic...
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Plano® announces the start of its “Win a Michael Waddell Autographed Bow Case” online sweepstakes that runs from now until midnight on Sept. 30. No purchase is required to enter and participation is easy.
Registration is free and open to the public, but registrants must be 13 years of age or older. To enter the contest, visit PlanoMolding.com and click on the “Win a Bow CaseR...
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Plano Molding Co. has a hard and soft response that can be summed up in a single answer as to the perfect case for today’s modern hunting bows – it’s called the Grab ’N Go™.
The Plano® Grab ’N Go series offers two standalone soft cases that serve both as a reliable carrier and a rugged 600D nylon protective covering. And while that’s good, it gets even better. Both models can also ...
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