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<br /> THE IOWA SPORTSMAN • 1517 3rd Ave NW • FORT DODGE IA 50501 • 877-424-4594<br /> Presorted Standard<br /> U.S. Postage<br /> PAID<br /> Permit No. 152<br /> Pontiac, IL 61764<br /> Electronic<br /> Service<br /> Requested<br /> <br /> <br /> 18<br /> 14 THE GEOGRAPHY OF CATFISHING<br /> By Brad Durick<br /> 18 5 SUMMER KEY’S TO FALL SUCCESS<br /> By Kevin Sturm<br /> 22 AVOIDING BOATING MISTAKES<br /> By Steve Weisman<br /> 26 THE TREESTAND DILEMMA<br /> By Ryan Graden<br /> 30<br /> 34<br /> PAPER MOUTHS ON THE MOVE<br /> By Joe Nicholson<br /> 10 REASONS WHY YOU DON’T<br /> CATCH FISH<br /> By Todd Reed<br /> FEATURES<br /> 44ALL THE THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW BUT<br /> WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SUPPRESSORS!<br /> By Michael Ware<br /> 48THE INTERNET ISN’T ALL THAT BAD:<br /> USING DIGITAL MAPS TO IMPROVE<br /> YOUR ODDS<br /> By Dan Johnson<br /> IOWA’S STATE RECORD FISH PART III<br /> By Ben Leal52<<a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=1"> THE IOWA SPORTSMAN • 1517 3rd Ave NW • FORT DODGE</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=2"> </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=3"> </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=4"> 18 14 THE GEOGRAPHY OF CATFISHING By</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=5"> Nishna Valley Cycle Nort</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=6"> IOWA LAWMAKERS HAVE BEEN BUSY THIS YEAR </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=7"> </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=8"> INTERACTIVE PAGE WHAT AM I CAN YOU GUESS T</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=9"> INTERACTIVE PAGE FIND THE 6 BASS MISSING THEIR T</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=10"> SPORTSMAN WEB SPORTSMAN’S WEB iowasportsm</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=11"> </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=12"> 12 The Iowa Sportsman </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=13"> July 2017 </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=14"> 14 The Iowa Sportsman </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=15"> WHEN YOU ARE sitting along a river bank or in</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=16"> The Geography of Catfishing they </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=17"> July 2017 </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=18"> 18 The Iowa Sportsman </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=19"> OVER THE YEARS my wife may have mentioned to </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=20"> 5 Summer Key’s to Fall Success A little disci</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=21"> 4. SETTING TREESTANDS & CLEARING SHOOTING LANES </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=22"> I’VE BEEN A BOAT OWNER for over 40 years and </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=23"> are lined up and straight, this makes the a s</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=24"> Avoiding Boating Mistakes </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=25"> July 2017 </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=26"> 26 The Iowa Sportsman </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=27"> IT’S THE EVER TROUBLING QUESTION that all hunt</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=28"> Knowing this, deer may spend more time in the tim</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=29"> by something. A single tree trunk isn’t enough to</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=30"> 30 The Iowa Sportsman </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=31"> WE TROLL FOR WALLEYE; we troll for muskie, he</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=32"> Paper Mouth’s on the Move caught at 10 feet when</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=33"> July 2017 </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=34"> 34 The Iowa Sportsman </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=35"> NO MATTER YOUR skill level, from successfu</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=36"> 10 Reasons why you don’t Catch Fish </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=37"> TROPHY ROOM SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOS! Want to share a p</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=38"> 38exploreminnesota.com/fishing </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=39"> CALL 888-VISITMN </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=40"> 40exploreminnesota.com/fishing </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=41"> CALL 888-VISITMN </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=42"> 42exploreminnesota.com/fishing </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=43"> </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=44"> WE’VE DISCUSSED suppressors (silencers) quite </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=45"> As a side note, the HPA (Hearing opinion on </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=46"> them like the plague. Most baffle strikes are min</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=47"> </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=48"> 48 The Iowa Sportsman </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=49"> NINE FINGER CHRONICLES </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=50"> Using Digital Maps I t</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=51"> Palo Outdoors </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=52"> THIS MONTH’S ENTRY into our recent look at I</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=53"> Iowa is home to ten species of catfish an</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=54"> Iowa’s State Record Fish Part III </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=55"> July 2017 </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=56"> HOW MANY LURES does one angler need? I would</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=57"> With spinnerbaits if fish are deep or you are </a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=58"> IT WAS THE WINTER OF 2013. I was experienc</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=59"> wind after most of the tie down strings had broke</a> <a title="IowaSportsmanJuly2017Issue page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0b18c22c?page=60"> mice. 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