Pro Tip of the Week: No fish bites? Try jigging for most species
Ryan Kelly
January 17, 2023
Next time a fish pumps the brakes on your presentation, drop a bomb on them.
Fishing
A reel review: In-lines have their place
Steve Carney
January 17, 2023
If you are a shallow-water angler, I would recommend it, but if you like to switch between deep walleyes and deep crappies, you’re better off sticking with the standard spinning reels and rods.
The six most common types of darkhouse spearers
Brian Haines
January 15, 2023
Darkhouse spearing is one of winter’s most enjoyable activities. The silence, the darkness with just a green light glowing from a hole in the ice, and of course, the excitement of a big pike creeping
Bobber stops: an off-season DIY tackle project
Jim Edlund
January 14, 2023
If there’s one thing the Green Movement has right, it’s “reuse, reduce, recycle.” But in some ways, many anglers have been living by this slogan for decades.
Years ago, I discovered a great way
Smallmouth bass are an under-ice treasure
Vic Attardo
January 14, 2023
Even a smallmouth just a pound or two will bend a jigging stick in half and won’t give up after the first or second and sometimes third thumping run.
Their tenacity makes them plenty
Potential state record burbot landed in North Dakota
Brian Mozey
January 13, 2023
Shane Johnson had just one bite during five hours of fishing from the late evening of Jan. 3 to the early morning of Jan. 4.
But that one bite was taken by a
Locate weeds during low light for panfish
Steve Carney
January 12, 2023
I began fishing for panfish in shallow water last winter, and this strategy has worked again this winter. I sort of happened upon this shallow pattern by accident and have since learned that crappies and
Old tricks still work on the ice
Vic Attardo
January 12, 2023
I learned ice fishing from old guys. I was a teen, and the old guys were in their 20s, maybe 30s. These guys, when they were younger, must have learned the trade from equally old
What to do when the going gets tough for winter walleyes
Glen Schmitt
January 12, 2023
A look at some of the best mid-winter walleye lure options.
