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Rob Kimm

Easy does it down the summer weedline for a great mixed bag of fish

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Look, I’m all for focusing on a species – applying highly specialized techniques that target a particular fish’s behaviors, tendencies, and vulnerabilities. When you’re a bit of a gear junkie like me, it’s a built-in excuse to accumulate tackle for every possible situation. It’s fun to dial it in.
But there’s also a lot to be said for dialing it back, too. Just go fishing. Fish for what? Whatever.

Easy does it down the summer weedline for a great mixed bag of fish Read More »

Here are your post-opener essentials for Minnesota’s stream trout

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Among my many and various flaws, I will count among the worst my acute impatience with the “shoulder” seasons of the year. Fall, when the boats are put away and the ice is still too thin to safely get out on. Spring before the walleyes start snapping. I chafe at the limited opportunities. I get grumpy.
Spring though, offers some relief (for me, and the people forced to be around me) in the form of stream trout. Folks don’t think of stream trout when it comes to Minnesota, but maybe they should.

Here are your post-opener essentials for Minnesota’s stream trout Read More »

Mastering muskie fishing’s art of the figure eight

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Ask someone why they fish muskies, and the big esox’s willingness to follow lures and hit at boatside comes up almost immediately. With good reason.
Seeing a muskie suddenly materialize behind a lure as it nears the boat, having them chase it at boatside as you move it through a maneuver known as the figure-eight, and then hit – there’s nothing else like it in fresh water. Follows, as exciting as they are, can also be claw-your-face-off frustrating.

Mastering muskie fishing’s art of the figure eight Read More »

May in Minnesota now means a first crack at bass; here’s how to catch them

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A significant change in regulations means Minnesota bass anglers can legally target both largemouth and smallmouth bass year round, with a portion of the season being catch and release only. (Harvest season openings and closures vary by region and species, and I’m not explaining all the nuances here.

May in Minnesota now means a first crack at bass; here’s how to catch them Read More »

Burbot through the ice are late winter’s overlooked opportunity

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Pity the poor burbot. Too long scorned and dismissed, unlovely and unloved. At best an occasional nuisance while pursuing “real” fish like the mighty walleye. At worst, lumped in with carp and other “rough fish” as an undesirable trash fish and tossed on the ice: eagle food.

Burbot through the ice are late winter’s overlooked opportunity Read More »

How to target the bucketmouths of November

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For most Minnesota anglers, bass are the boys of summer. Think bass and you think muggy mornings and long, sun-shot summer evenings. Topwater frogs in the lily pads, or deep weed edges and crankbaits when the sweat is dripping off your elbows. That’s bass fishing. But late fall? That’s for walleyes and muskies.
I get the skepticism. But late fall bass fishing has a few things going for it.

How to target the bucketmouths of November Read More »

Stay on the search and keep an open mind for spring muskies

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OK, so “muskies” and “easy” is probably a stretch. Muskies are rarely easy. But even if they’re difficult, there’s no need to make them complicated, especially early in the season.
Oh, but early season – that’s when we want so badly to complicate things. It’s been a long offseason. You’ve read and reread every article, gone cross-eyed watching video after video on YouTube, doom-scrolled TikTok and the ‘Gram. You went to the shows, heard the seminars, and did unspeakable things to your credit score buying the latest lures and the hottest colors.

Stay on the search and keep an open mind for spring muskies Read More »

When it comes to fall walleyes, think big picture, then think small

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Finding fall walleyes can be a study in extremes.
At one end of the spectrum, big is better as migrating fish are drawn to macro structure. Think big, main-lake points, neck-downs, and pinch points that form major features in a lake’s overall topography – the kinds of things you can see even with mapping software zoomed way out.
Within those large areas, though, small – sometimes very small – features can concentrate numbers of fish.

When it comes to fall walleyes, think big picture, then think small Read More »

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