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Joel Nelson

Strokes, cadence, adjustments needed for jigging up walleyes

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Jigging up walleyes on ice can be a simple affair.
Drop a bait to the bottom, lift it, watch your electronics for that tell-tale flicker on bottom to rise, then watch your rod tip bump and set the hook. Those days are magic – catching ‘eyes “like they were sunfish,” as I’ve heard, and, at times, experienced. Yet, save for some of the bigger waters where walleye numbers jump off the page, 95% of your walleye jigging sessions will require some trickery.

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How to use onX Fish to find new walleye waters in Minnesota

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The Minnesota fishing opener is a time-honored tradition. It’s the sound of boat trailers rattling down gravel roads, the slap of minnows in a bucket, and the low hum of optimism that fills the spring air.
For many of us, it’s the moment we’ve been waiting for all winter – a reset, a reunion, and a shot at the fish about which we dream. But with thousands of lakes to choose from across states such as Minnesota, Wisconsin, and others, the big question always is this: Where do I go?

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Fishing for springtime panfish can be super productive with the right plan

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There’s no other season in fishing that rewards scouting, timing, and location knowledge as does spring. When it comes to chasing panfish – especially crappies and bluegills – it’s not just where you fish, but rather it’s when you’re there, and it’s about the water below.

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The walk-off tom: Be in position and ready should he return

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Hunt turkeys enough, and you start to see some patterns develop, especially in the case of eager gobblers. Each year in the woods, I do my best to think like a gobbler. I fly down from the roost, gobble to gather, and keep walking and gobbling my way to a usual strut zone until I can get some hens to join along.
With that in mind, it’s helpful to consider that on the hunter’s end of the equation, you, a stationary hunter, may just be too slow or otherwise too immobile to interest a bird with a purpose. But there’s a technique for killing birds that keep creating greater distance.

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Getting pushy with toms: Here’s when and how to call aggressively for turkeys

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We’ve all heard aggressive turkey calling – on TV, sitting next to a hunting friend, or sometimes even in the woods just after fly-down as two hens dish out an array of insults toward one another.
The results of such calling can be wholly ineffective, or strangely successful, at times with no rhyme or reason to the responses. Zero-to-hero moves are what make turkey hunters get out of bed in the morning, but often there’s a purpose to the practice, rather than haphazard hunters getting lucky.

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When is it time to be mobile for toms, and when is it best to stay put?

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No doubt you’ve been a part of that’ll-never-work type of maneuvers in the turkey woods that end up paying dividends. Maybe it was a 20-yard reposition on some birds working around you. Or perhaps a complete end-around where you reconnected with a ranging flock you last laid eyes on hours earlier.
I can think of several times when I thought all hope was lost, when walking back to the truck and changing my view made all the difference in the world. So, can we harness that effectiveness deliberately, rather than randomly? 

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Three techniques to entice Minnesota’s opening weekend walleyes

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The fishing opener is nearly upon us in Minnesota – finally, once again, the chance to connect with friends and family, while at the same time, catch fish.
As with all other openers, water and air temperatures likely will dictate the willingness of walleyes to eat, but there’s usually an effective pattern going on somewhere. That’s true in early ice-out years such as this one, and it is with late ice-outs. But you just might need a handful of tricks up your sleeve to keep throwing at them.

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A Minnesota veteran’s return to hunting results in a dream season

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Chad Sheridan’s childhood during the 1980s and ’90s was like that of many rural kids in Minnesota’s southeastern Driftless Area: chasing squirrels, deer, and waterfowl along with family and friends near their home in Cannon Falls.
It was an incredible introduction to the outdoors, laced now with memories of family deer camp and the camaraderie that accompanies such a camp. To this day, Chad beams when telling and retelling stories about early mornings in a duck blind, with brightening skies and whistling wings overhead.

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Going light is key during ice-fishing seasons of inconsistent ice; here’s where to cut weight

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Not that shaving a few pounds is an excuse to creep out on thin ice, but saving some weight keeps us nimble and after the fish, especially when hand-dragging our gear so late into what’s typically midwinter conditions.
Call it a first-ice mindset for what may be much more of the season than we intended. Here’s how I look to keep it light out there.

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