The cast was perfect; a long low line drive that powered the big “bucktail” over the small bed of tobacco cabbage. The revolving spool of the bait-casting reel was gently thumbed just before splash down to remove any slack in…Read More
My partner was a world class bass fisherman, but had never caught a musky. We had been fishing in the late 70’s, when one of my hottest presentations was cranking a big Hellbender crankbait along the deep weed edges in…Read More
The first time I heard the term “pattern fishing” was in the late 70’s. Both Roland Martin and Babe Winkelman commonly used the term in articles they wrote for Fishing Facts magazine when talking about how to find and catch…Read More
On my annual July trip to Ontario’s Eagle Lake, the early word from the guides at Andy Myers Lodge was the best musky action was on the rocks. Low water, combined with air temperatures in the 90’s and water temperatures…Read More
There is nothing as exciting to me in fresh water fishing as watching a big musky blow up on a top water and tail-walk across the surface, or see the white flash inside a 50-inchers mouth as she grabs a…Read More
BY Spence Petros Often one cast make take you from being a zero to a hero when musky fishing. And often that one cast is made during the low light conditions right before total darkness. If you want to know…Read More
By Spence Petros I love catching crappies, especially big ones. While many anglers head to the shallows right after ice out, targeting sheltered bays, canals, and other early to warm spots, most over-look adjacent deeper weedy bays. This pattern was…Read More
By Spence Petros One of the most important structural elements (if not the most important) on a body of water, is the “inside turn” on a structure or an edge. For those of you that are not sure what this…Read More
By Spence Petros Seeing big fish in the shallows that you can’t catch can be very frustrating. Fortunately, through the years we have found various ways to tease many of these reluctant fish into grabbing our lures. Well over 20-years…Read More
By Patrick Davis – Fix.com No lure is more versatile for bass fishing than the skirted jig. The jig-head with a rubber skirt combination has been around for years, and it continues to catch bass across all seasons and anywhere…Read More