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Fall just flipped the switch: coho and Chinook stacking up on WA's Lower Columbia, striped bass blitzing bait on Long Island after a nor'easter, and Leech Lake walleye and muskies both feeding hard in MN. Where the Wild Meets the Water.

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Heading up to the Flathead with my son this Halloween weekend to put our new WildFinn grub jigs through their paces — whitefish are already stacking up ahead of the fall run. Once we test these out you can expect to see them in our store in a few weeks. Wild Meets the Water.

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The fall bite's turning on all over — bull reds and trout lighting up the Charleston flats, musky waking up on Hayward Lakes' weed edges, and Kenai coho still filling limits with halibut right behind. Where you fishing this week?

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Idaho's steelhead run just hit its lowest count since 1938 — bag limits cut to 2/day. Meanwhile walleye are stacking up on SD's Missouri River reservoirs and the Gulf Coast trout bite from Sabine Lake to Baffin Bay stays steady. Where the Wild Meets the Water.

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Fall's turning it on coast to coast — stripers blitzing the Maine beaches, Leech Lake walleyes locked into their fall pattern, and SoCal boats stacking yellowtail, wahoo, and 100-lb yellowfin. Where the Wild Meets the Water.

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From Long Island Sound to the Chesapeake surf, the salt is firing this week — albies and 50-inch stripers in CT, a one-day coho opener hits the Oregon coast, and red drum are stacking the VA surf. Where's it hot for you? #FishingReport

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Fall's flipping a switch out there. Chesapeake stripers are smashing poppers ahead of a Nor'easter, San Diego boats stacked 1,200+ yellowfin in a day, and Smoky Mountain trout are keyed on nymphs as the streams cool. Get after it. #FishingReport

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Fall flipped a switch this week — coho are stacking up at Buoy 10, San Diego's yellowfin bite is red hot, and 20-30 lb stripers are rolling through the Cape Cod Canal. Get out there. #FishingReport

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Coast to coast, the bite's on: San Diego's stacked with yellowfin and wahoo, Rhode Island's running big stripers and blitzing albies, and Alaska's Kenai/Kasilof rivers are still handing out coho limits morning and night. Where the Wild Meets the Water.

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Leech Lake walleyes are locked into the fall "reed bite," Navarre Pier's loaded with kings and tarpon, and Delmarva anglers are icing 8+ lb sheepshead on sand fleas. Where the Wild Meets the Water.

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Fall's turning on across the country. Cape Cod Canal has 20-30 lb stripers on the move, Tampa Bay's gag grouper are blazing since the opener, and Idaho's steelhead run is historically low but the fish showing up are giants. Tight lines out there.

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Fall flipped a switch this week — Lake Fork bass are eating shallow and deep, Yellowstone browns are hammering streamers, and Massachusetts stripers are blitzing from Boston Harbor to Cape Ann. Get out there.

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Big fish moving coast to coast this week — giant bluefin pushing 1,000 lbs off Cape Cod & the Hudson Canyon, stacked coho at Buoy 10 on the Columbia, and reds/specks sliding into Louisiana's Biloxi Marsh as the water cools.

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Coast to coast this week: San Diego boats stacked 546 yellowfin tuna in a single day, San Juan River browns are eating everything ahead of their spawning run, and Connecticut/LI Sound stripers are crushing bait after dark. Where are you fishing right now? #fishing

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Fall bite's turning on all over the map — Chinook and coho stacking the Lower Columbia, stripers blitzing the Cape Cod Canal under the new moon, and walleye schooled deep on Lake Erie. Where the Wild Meets the Water. #fishing

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Bite's popping coast to coast today: Chinook and coho stacking the Lewis and Cowlitz in SW Washington, stripers blitzing bunker on the Chesapeake, and San Diego's long-range fleet loading up on yellowfin and dorado. Get out there. #FishingReport

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Hoppers are working overtime on the Colorado River, bull reds are fired up in the NW Florida surf, and 48-inch stripers are blowing up topwater in Massachusetts harbors. The bite's on everywhere today.

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Today's bite: San Diego bass and bonito are on fire, Long Island's loaded with fluke and yellowfin, and Leech Lake walleyes are waking up around the rocks as fall cools things off. Get out there. #FishingReport

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Fall flipped a switch this week — Buoy 10 is a coho rodeo, Lake Ontario kings are stacking the Niagara Bar (one angler boated ~30 in a day), and Kentucky Lake crappie are locked in at 9-14 ft. Get out there while it's hot.

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Big week on the water: a new 35-lb blue catfish river record on Georgia's Satilla, walleyes stacking shoreline breaks on Minnesota's Winnibigoshish & Cutfoot Sioux, and picky trout sipping midges on Utah's Green River. Where the Wild Meets the Water.