Anticipating and successfully fishing during autumn lake turnover season [video]
North country lakes will begin experiencing turnover in coming weeks, but you still can enjoy quality fall angling before, during, and after this annual period.
Terry Tuma
Fishing for position – wacky-rigging your way to bigger bass [video]
Not using this fishing technique? Then expect America’s next top anglers to inquire: “Why aren’t you wacky-rigging?”
Managing sights and sounds during the heart of hard-water angling
Ice fishing during winter’s coldest days demands complete attention to detail to increase your hookset odds.
An American phenomenon: prime August and September bass fishing techniques
As summer transitions into fall, consider your complete fishing repertoire to up your hook-setting odds with lunker largemouth or smallmouth.
Summer slab search 2017: Think bigger than ‘suspended fish’
A little sleuthing reveals where to find crappies from mid-summer to autumn open-water fishing periods.
Matching baits for June walleye three-way swivel rigs
In achieving fishing success with this important gamefish technique, start with your bait but consider all of your terminal tackle!
A rite of early open-water angling: ice-out slab crappies
With ice receding in parts of the region, many boats launching from docks are targeting late-winter, early-spring white and black crappies.
Top ice angling tip: Remember late-season tip-ups for walleyes
By the mid-point of the hard-water season, top ice fishing sticks employ tips-ups for transitioning winter gamefish action.
A dawn-to-dusk angling recipe for multi-species hardwater action
Every day on the lake will be different, but following a simple strategy can boost your ice fishing odds for success.
Winter ice fishing Q&A: walleyes, glow, jigging spoons, and minnow heads
The ice formula guru, “Tackle” Terry Tuma answers the toughest angling questions from rank-and-file outdoorsmen for this winter’s hottest sport on hard water.
Many are the preparations for ice fishing season 2016-17
Hard-water angling will arrive across the ice belt soon, so prepare your equipment and multi-species plan for early ice now.
Massive slab crappies via jig, trolling, or bobber: a rite of fall
Take advantage of the warm autumn and potentially late ice-up by pursuing hungry black and white crappies
Who needs ice!? The summer perch search on lakes and rivers
Too many anglers associate perch fishing with hard water when summer can produce jumbo action for kids and adults alike.
How cold is too cold for fishing over an outboard?
Late-autumn, even early winter angling can produce big fish results, but take care not to allow cold weather to damage your expensive equipment.
The slabs of fall: Autumn’s most popular sportfish?
Because of their massive popularity, fall crappies have increasingly become pressured crappies. Use these sometimes forgotten tactics for catching a frying pan’s worth of cool-weather fillets.
Angling fact of life: The negative scent factor in ice fishing
Doesn’t matter which species – walleye, pike, perch, crappies or bluegills – fish detecting unnatural odors will cost you bites this winter
Add a bead for winter crappies and bluegills
When using a bobber for ice panfish, consider adding one 3- to 4-mm bead. For crappies and bluegills, put the bead on the line, then tie the hook on, so the bead slides up and down the line. With this tactic, we're adding some extra bulk and color to our offering. As for color, pair opposites with the bead and…
Choosing the best times to catch walleyes through the ice
Sunrise and sunset are the key times to go ice fishing for walleyes
