Ice fishing 201: Does early hard-water panfish and walleye action equal best ice?
While continuing to prach his mantra that ice fishing is good all season, even “Tackle” Terry Tuma loves the siren’s call of December’s first ice
Terry Tuma
Ready for ice fishing? Put the boat and outboard away properly first
Not too early to begin thinking about winterizing your boat, plus fuel treatments tips for year-round
From tungsten jigs to tube jigs and plastics: pre-ice fishing, soft-water sunfish tactics
Where are some logical fall sunfish locations in the Midwest and Great Lakes region?
Fall northern pike: aggressive fish demand aggressive tactics
Making the case for creature plastics, jigs, and crankbaits when hunting the pike of autumn
North country fall bass fishing tactics: Not just for deep water anymore!
Crankbaits, Texas rigs, and wacky rigs are your friend when pursuing largemouths in the autumn shallows
Big walleye country: Fall fishing’s prime target in the northland
Big hooks, big baits are two keys in angling the thick walleyes of autumn
Slab frenzy: Top locations and presentations for fishing fall crappies
When water temperatures drop in the Midwest and Northeast, big crappies follow a clear pattern
School’s in! Targeting high-pressured fish on the weekend
Don’t let high boating traffic on Saturdays and Sundays keep you from chasing bass and walleyes this fall.
Lure colors, top locations, and finicky fish as autumn angling kicks off
Fall fishing tips in north country start with the most important angling rule: versatility
Fishing lures, circle hooks, and stranger things: Fine-tune your bass'n angling protocol
All gamefish, especially bass, rely on their senses before striking, so tease them into snapping up your lure.
Dig deep for summer largemouth bass fishing tricks
Follow a quieter fishing protocol in clear lakes, but generate some action and noise in more turbid waters
Prime time fishing means targeting bass feeding hours
Maximize your bass’n odds by fishing key periods at key spots, then play around with more specific locations during midday.
New lake, same angling approach for early summer largemouth bass
Develop a pattern when fishing for bass, lunchers or otherwise
Cold-water walleye fishing locations for spring 2013
Find shallow areas with likely walleye habitat that other anglers aren’t working
The post-spawn spring walleye lull before the big bite
Some fishing finesse will keep you on the water and halt the post-spawn blues
Old-reliable river walleye tricks: blade baits and crankbaits
Mix up your spring walleye presentations by deploying the classic blade baits and cranks
Three-way swivel rigs: a deadly approach for river walleyes SUMMARY: Use three-way swiv
Use three-way swivel-rigs as a dead-stick approach for two-line spring walleye waters.
Spring-time walleye fishing success: working a jig
The ever-popular jig consistently performs for spring walleye angling on big rivers.
Open water frenzy: Avoid the crowds and catch big river walleyes
As ice fishing wraps up, time to decipher spring river walleye locations
Live-bait storage extra important this ice-fishing season
A little TLC for your waxes, mouses, and Eurolarvae will keep you fishing longer.
Beyond spring bobbers for tough-bite bluegills and other panfish
Maximize your jigging techniques during your hard-water fishing forays in March.
For walleyes on ice, consider this live bait…
Sucker minnows the key to late season walleye fishing success.
Glow your way to more ice walleyes (plus colored hooks, too!)
I recently spoke with an angler who fished walleyes hard all summer.
Ice Fishing 102: The case of the humble minnow head
Whether it’s on vertical jigging spoons or another jig, you can’t go wrong adding a minnow head.
Key tip! Proper jigging actions when catching hard-water, winter walleyes
There are tough-bite timeframes when you really need to coax a fish into biting. Your jigging action will make or break your success.
Lock it in! Deliver winter ice angling success by understanding "moody" gamefish
The beginning of another hard-water season looms is underway, and for me that means some of the year’s best fishing has arrived. Early ice provides some of the best hard-water fishing of the year, but to be successful, we’d better understand the mood of the fish for not just one, but all species of sportfish. Fish mood affects the size…
