Ice fishing tips: Stay safe with the proper gear as you tackle first ice
Stay safe and prevent an unexpected polar plunge by owning the right gear and frequently checking ice conditions!
Jason Revermann
Fishing tip: Beat the heat and troll for hungry moonlight walleyes
Record-breaking heat and bugs hindering your urge to wet a line this holiday weekend? Try trolling under a full moon for the region’s most popular freshwater gamefish
Spring fishing tip: Have some fun catching carp and suckers on a local river or stream
Beat “stay-in-place”-induced cabin fever by targeting rough fish in a hard-running river near you.
Ice fishing tip: Think shallow for late season panfish
Locate standing weeds in shallow water in late winter, and hungry panfish will be hanging out nearby.
Ice fishing tip: Using spoons to catch more late-season panfish
Small spoons tipped with plastics, worms, or minnow heads and tails will attract more perch, crappies, and sunfish thus boosting your odds of catching more fish.
Ice fishing tip: Stuck in one spot? Call the fish to you!
Not marking fish despite working a prime location? Try using flashy spoons or rattle baits to entice more fish into your icy zone.
Ice fishing tips: Essential tools for safe early ice fishing adventures
Having the proper equipment and checking ice conditions frequently will help keep you topside.
Shorter days fishing tip: Use bigger baits to target larger bluegills in the school
Bigger baits will help trigger bites among the largest and most active ’gills of late summer or early fall
Walleye fishing tips: Summer signals time for bottom-bouncers and spinners
Spinner rigs are very versatile for covering various depths of water and locating actively feeding walleyes.
Fishing tips: locating and catching pre-spawn slab crappies
Spring is a great time to target white or black crappies as they transition into shallow water around the weed lines.
Fishing tips: where to start searching for early season walleyes
Don’t just fish memories when locating fish; use your electronics and search according to lake and weather conditions.
Ice fishing tip: Pay attention to detail during a tough walleye bite. Part 1: Set-lines
There’s been a hot bite but when you finally hit the ice, the weather changes and the action tanks. Pay attention to tiny details, and you’ll salvage your trip by tricking a few fish into biting.
Do expensive ice rods catch more fish?
Species- and technique-specific rods can give you a real advantage out on the ice.
Fall walleye fishing tip: Go aggressive to target bigger fish
Use electronics to scan steep breaks to locate baitfish and predators, then make sure to follow them as they switch depths during changing light conditions.
Fall fishing tips – techniques to catch suspended autumn crappie
With water temps dropping, crappies are munching on minnows. Use your electronics to locate schools of suspended slabs, then find what triggers bites.
Fishing tips: vertical jigging for panfish during the dog days of summer
Put away the bobbers and use your electronics to locate the big bluegills of late summer
Fishing tips: Charge batteries and check over small engines to prepare for next ice angling season
Spend a little time now checking and maintaining ice fishing equipment to avoid damage and the need for costly repairs or replacements!
Fishing tip: Change your tactics to catch more spring walleyes
To put more fish in the boat this spring, use electronics and switch tactics until you identify a hot technique
Ice fishing tip: Catching late-season crappies you didn’t know existed
Find lush, green cabbage and coontail vegetation during late ice, and high-rising, slab crappies and aggressive bluegills may be nearby.
Ice-fishing tip: Knowing when not to practice catch-and-release
Releasing fish helps protect the resource… except when it kills even more fish
Ice fishing tips: To keep warm on the ice, stay cool first
Create better hard-water angling experiences and catch more fish by staying warm and extending your adventures on the ice!
Ice fishing tip: Keep your lure moving and you’ll attract and catch more fish
Attract fish, then employ your sonar to determine the mood of the fish… and the presentation to prompt strikes.
Ice fishing tips: Go-to baits and jigging tactics for first ice walleyes
First ice is approaching fast. Much of the ice belt awaits walkable ice, though some northern lakes have capped over with enough hard water to venture out.
Fall fishing tip for walleyes and crappies: First find food, and the predatory gamefish will be nearby
Finding walleyes and crappies can be simple if you locate their primary food source in fall: schools of baitfish.
Fall angling checklist: A preseason checkup for your ice fishing electronics
For more success when ice appears this fall, test your sonar, GPS, and other ice fishing gadgets now – during the off season.
Three-way rigs and bottom-bouncer setups with stickbaits are perfect multi-species techniques
Versatile fishing methods will entertain you by putting more fish in the boat and help you determine what the next bite will produce.
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