Tom Neustrom has been a fishing guide in Minnesota for 35 years, typically fishing in the north-central or northeastern areas of Minnesota.
As lake water cools in fall, open-water fishing nears its end. Here,
Late fall is one of my favorite times of the year to fish. Many people have either stopped fishing for the year or have started hunting. The combination of fewer anglers and hungry fish can
Fall can offer some of the finest fishing of the entire open-water season for numbers and size alike. Fish move into shallower water during fall to feast.
A vast majority of walleyes will be
Many anglers suffer through the months of August and September in hopes of a renewed fall bite that sometimes shows up and sometimes doesn’t.
Back in the day, the fall bite always started on
Late-fall fishing for walleyes is my favorite. It’s a time for good numbers and for big fish. Live-bait rigs and large minnows, jigs and minnows, and glide baits all work great.
Don’t be
I absolutely love to fish for fall walleyes. It seems that each year there are more and more anglers who like to hang onto the last days of open-water fishing. I won’t stop fishing until
Fall is a fantastic time to troll on any of the rivers. The St. Croix and the Mississippi have hot bites going on No. 7 Shad Raps trolled near the bottom. Plus, the multi-species list
The calendar says it’s fall, but with water temperatures in the mid- to upper-60s, walleyes and other species are still in late-summer patterns. On most lakes, the vegetation is still green. During this transition period,
Many times, I’ve seen ducks come back to a field to feed, lock their wings as they see the decoys, and then flare hard at about 100 yards out. We’ll see hunters get up from
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