By Tom Christianson The fun world of walleye fishing doesn’t require a huge investment. While many people prefer to fish from a boat, you can experience good walleye fishing while standing on shore or on a riverbank. Whether you fish from a boat or from shore, the equipment remains the same. Following are three popular… Continue Reading
HOOKSET 101
By Joe Bucher One thing you’ll find in common with most of the best big gamefish anglers in our sport today is they generally all have a great hookset. What’s the opening shot on most TV show intro’s? What’s the feature shot in most fishing related commercials? What’s the visual image that really captures the… Continue Reading
Anchors Away!
By Ted Takasaki and Scott Richardson Ted Takasaki with a monster walleye caught while anchored in a prime spot on the Winnipeg River. The fish fell for a Lindy X-Change jig tipped with a frozen shiner. There are times when fishing for walleyes is like putting a candy bar on the coffee table in… Continue Reading
Late Ice Sight Fishing Secrets
By Dave Genz Late ice sight fishing provides a rare chance to let the fish teach you the secrets to catching them. What you learn will serve you well at any time of year. Here, Dave Genz holds a dandy crappie he caught sight fishing on the late ice, from inside the darkened interior… Continue Reading
Spider Rigging for More Crappie
By Tom Dietz In the old days, crappie fishing was often done with cane poles, or spin cast gear with slip bobbers and minnows. Well, as fishing tackle and technology improved, so have the methods to catch more crappies. The technique called “spider-rigging” has taken crappie fishing to a whole new level and is more… Continue Reading
Late Ice Transition Time
By Dave Genz Dave Genz explains seasonal movements under the ice, as we head from midwinter toward the late ice period Dave Genz with a beautiful transition time bluegill caught on a Lindy Fat Boy baited with three lively maggots. By anticipating that fish will begin moving in the direction of shallow water as… Continue Reading
WHY ‘Poofing’ Bottom Works
By: Dave Genz Dave Genz with a dandy walleye taken by using his “poof-and-drag” method. He developed this technique specifically for the Lindy Rattl’n Flyer Spoon. He drops the lure on a slack line until it hits bottom, then drags it along bottom until it’s directly below him. Then, if he hasn’t had a… Continue Reading
Chinook Fishing in Summertime
By Captain Rick Bentley While the Spring Coho run that occurs near my port of Waukegan, IL is truly a special time of year as it kicks off the season and with fast action, summer sets aside a whole other set of anticipations and excitement. Summertime on the Great Lakes is special not only because… Continue Reading
Sticky-Bottom Areas Refined
By Dave Genz Dave Genz holds up a prize, a jumbo perch taken at the base of a break off a sticky-bottom area. Be precise this winter, as you search the base of breaks where burrowing insects live, and fish look for food. The real key to finding the mother lode of burrowing insects… Continue Reading
WEATHER – STILL THE KEY FACTOR!
By Joe Bucher Gathering for a late morning breakfast, I could sense a final urgency from my son Joe Jr., much like hunting on the final day of the season with an unfilled buck tag. For some odd reason, my son has had this uncanny luck for bagging big bucks and big fish on… Continue Reading