
Summer assignment: study crappie patterns
Now, if the wind is blowing, simply fish the cover into which the waves are moving.

Now, if the wind is blowing, simply fish the cover into which the waves are moving.

Leisure Outdoor Adventures guide Jason Freed walks through his three-pronged approach of walleye fishing with live bait.

June is the perfect time to use one of the walleye’s favorite foods, the nightcrawler. But there are a few other key tools that can make this classic live bait even more effective.

Tracking walleyes during late-spring transition.


I have lost count of the sharpening devices I have tried. Here is what I have learned over the years.

Fail to put a caboose on the back of a jig and you’re just not going to catch the largemouth bass you should be catching. It’s that simple.


Helpful advice for finding and catching early summer walleyes and smallmouth bass during the post-spawn period as they dump out into deeper water with water temperatures on the rise.
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