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In northeastern Kansas and northwestern Missouri,  practitioners of Midwest finesse fishing tactics for largemouth bass occasionally enjoy some startlingly encounters with…»

Occasionally people ask me how  and why I became such an ardent disciple of Travis Perret and The Egoscue Method.…»

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Craig Johnson is a district fisheries biologist for the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism. He is also chairman of the department’s…»

Jerry Kropff of Afton, Oklahoma, resides on the shores of the Grand Lake of the Cherokees, and he is a…»

Last year Brent Chapman of Lake Quivira, Kansas, purchased a copy of In-Fisherman’s 2011 “Bass Guide.” As he perused it,…»

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During the summer of 2011, we worked with Steve Quinn, In-Fisherman’s senior editor,  on an article  about jigworms for the…»

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In the grand tradition of In-Fisherman, Brian Waldman of Coatesville, Indiana, is a proponent of multispecies angling. On Nov. 17…»

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Yesterday we posted a blog about how Caitlin Young’s   science project has spawned a renewed interest in blue baits  among…»

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Caitlin Young of Blythewood, South Carolina, posted  her science project  entitled “The Color Preference of Catfish” on this blog site…»

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Several weeks ago, Dave Schmidtlein of  Topeka, Kansas, and I were working on a blog about wintertime crappie fishing, and…»

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This is a photograph of my finesse spinning tackle. It features a Garcia Cardinal Four reel that I purchased for…»

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Anglers have requested more details about and  photographs of the soft-plastic  lures that Midwest finesse anglers employ throughout the year.…»

On December 10, 2011, we posted a blog entitled “Cold-water crappie times in Kansas.” Then we posted an update on…»

Some readers of our January 11 blog entitled “A Month-by-Month Guide to Midwest Finesse” were intrigued by this section: “Our…»

John Kehde and Steve Bloess of Sedalia, Missouri, recently reported that three muskie were caught by anglers at the Lake…»

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We have had several petitions from readers of our recent blog entitled  ”A Month-by-Month Guide to Midwest Finesse” to elaborate…»

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Beginning around 2001 a cadre of northeastern Kansas bass anglers launched a renaissance of the finesse fishing tactics that the…»

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Back in the late 1970s,  young Dion Hibdon’s science project spawned a revolution in how bass anglers dressed their bucktail…»

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  In 2011, I fished 127 times, which encompassed 508 hours. Throughout the year, I made more solo and shorter…»

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The sidebar entitled “About Catch Rates” in Ralph Manns’article in the In-Fisherman’s Winter 2011/2012 issue sparked a considerable amount of…»

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Charlie Campbell is revered by Rick Clunn.  When Clunn talks about Campbell, he even seems to bow his head, lower…»

Scott Myer of Springfield, Missouri, wielded a prototype of Luck “E” Strike USA’s umbrella rig  a number times at Stockton…»

In the December 14 blog that focused on the recreational angling endeavors of  Edwin Evers of Talala, Oklahoma, and Ott…»

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We have been asked by a number anglers who read our blogs how we catch smallmouth bass during the winter…»

 In the December 10 blog that examined cold-water crappie fishing in the flatland reservoirs of  northeastern Kansas, we featured some…»

Ned Kehde

About Ned Kehde

Field Editor Ned Kehde grew up in Sedalia, Missouri, and began fishing in 1947 on Cole Camp Creek, a small feeder to Lake of the Ozarks. His early interest in fishing led him to his first job in the industry, guiding clients at Potthoff’s Minnewawa Lodge in Nisswa, Minnesota, and he worked there for 5 years.

Back in Missouri, he resumed his guiding career at Carrington’s Two Water Resort on the Gravois Arm of Lake of the Ozarks, where his colleague was Guido Hibdon, working there until 1970. In the early 1980s, Ned began writing free-lance articles for In-Fisherman, and also wrote regular columns for two newspapers and other publications. He worked as an archivist at the University of Kansas for 33 years and is now retired.

Ned’s accounts of the tactics of top pro bass anglers are widely acclaimed for their precise and insightful descriptions of the approaches of these experts. In recent years, he’s experimented widely with finesse tactics for bass, as he fishes over 125 days a year. His findings have been influential throughout the Midwest and beyond.