Fitness

Why You Should Eat Fried Fish Tails

I wish I could say that I am about to show you a culinary treat that my family and I have been enjoying for years, but that is simply not the case. I ate my first fried fishtail just a week before I wrote this column. For some of you, nibbling on crispy, crunchy fins is old news, but despite …

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Angry man confronts young fisherman, breaks their fishing rod in half

A recent TikTok video of an elderly Tennessee man threatening two young fishermen and breaking one of their rods has sent the internet into a frenzy. The footage has spawned multiple follow-up videos and an attempted doxing. It’s the latest (but certainly not the first) example of the transgressive, violent encounters that sometimes occur between public fishermen and private landowners. …

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Idaho fisherman catches record-breaking tiger trout

Tiger trout are among the most beautifully marked salmonids and Austin Christensen recently caught a beautiful tiger trout, officially breaking the Idaho state record. Christensen caught a 9.13-pound fish that measured 27.25 inches in length from Montpelier Reservoir in southeastern Idaho. His fish surpassed the previous state record of an 8.3-pound tiger trout caught just three weeks earlier on May …

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This Independence Day, celebrate the donation of public land

While our country’s founders fought for freedom from tyranny and oppressive taxes, personal liberty was central to America’s founding story. Nearly 250 years later, personal liberty remains the great gift of our national sovereignty movement, and though signers of the Declaration of Independence could not have imagined it in 1776, the rise of public lands is one of the great …

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What does a prediabetes diagnosis mean?

Prediabetes can be a warning sign of type 2 diabetes You may have heard of type 2 diabetesa chronic condition that occurs when blood sugar levels are too high. But are you familiar with prediabeteswhat is an early warning sign of type 2 diabetes? Prediabetes often – but not always – develops into type 2 diabetes. It is sometimes known …

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‘Bro, I Can’t Believe It!’ 12-Year-Old Catches Montana Record Sucker

Wade Merschat was fishing from the bank at Noxon Rapids Reservoir in northwestern Montana on June 19 when he hooked a large sucker that he knew was big enough to break the standing record. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks certified the catch on Monday, officially recognizing the 12-year-old’s 6.72-pounder as the new state record for the species. The Trout Creek …

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Lone hunter is stalked by a family of mountain lions

When the cat got up and ran away, I had six or seven bullets left in my gun. There was also a mile and a half between me and my truck, and as I drove that way, I wished I had brought a second magazine. I circled as I walked, looking for more threats as I weaved through the brush …

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Watch: Grizzly Bear Eats a Still-Live Cow Moose

Even though wild animals are eaten and killed by scavengers and predators every day, we rarely get a front-row seat to see this process in action. That’s why a video posted to Nature is Metal’s Instagram account on Saturday is both hard to watch and hard to look away from. The footage shows a cow elk lying on her side …

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