
Fall: Making fishing great again
Study water temperatures and recent weather patterns until you dial in magic combinations on the water bodies you target, but don’t fret if turnover puts a damper in your plans temporarily. Better angling is yet

Study water temperatures and recent weather patterns until you dial in magic combinations on the water bodies you target, but don’t fret if turnover puts a damper in your plans temporarily. Better angling is yet

Even after you catch a few fish, you often have to keep looking. There are lots of spots that hold just a few fish.

“Just remember that whatever you would do with a spinnerbait, do the same thing with a swim jig.”

It’s that time of the year when the crappie bite really turns on Pool No. 4 of the Mississippi River, especially the Lake Pepin portion.

With innumerable sizes, shapes and rigging options, swimbaits catch fish very well, which is the obvious reason for their increase in application wherever fish swim.

You don’t need exacting replicas of crayfish to be successful but it certainly pays to adjust crayfish patterns for bulk and weight.


With water temperatures dropping, things are starting to change. Here’s what to do.

At this time of year, September through mid-November, the wading, Susquehanna River smallmouth bass angler runs into the good and the bad.
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