Preseason preparation tips for the upcoming ice fishing season
Shelters, clothing, rods, reels, tackle, and more. Time to prepare for the hard-water fishing season.
Fishing
Key factor for all fishing: monitoring lure drop rate
The rate at which your lure descends through the water column plays a major role in the efficiency of your fishing – over hard water or soft.
Fishing tips: Catching fish around the challenging “fall turnover”
The turnover is a big change that especially affects deeper lakes, but remember that fish still need to eat!
Fishing for fall bass? Don’t forget the docks
Docks draw baitfish on sunny days; baitfish draw bass
Fishing tips: Upsize your baits to catch more and bigger fall walleyes
Hit the water now to enjoy comfortable autumn fishing conditions and catch active walleyes.
Fishing tips: How to prepare for a new-to-you lake
Research lake and river maps, review your GPS, prepare your tackle, and explore the DNR and other pertinent websites, so you can hit the water ready to fish.
Fishing tips: make adjustments to get the most out of your fishing electronics
Learn how to set up your fishing electronics to become a more successful angler
Prevent spoilage by keeping fish cool this summer
From livewell to fillet table, properly handling freshwater gamefish can make or break your fish dinner.
Fishing tips: proper handling for fish catch and release
Having the proper tools and tackle will help you become more efficient and effective when practicing catch and release this open-water season.
Fishing tips for locating early season walleyes
Monitor the small angling details to catch more fish during the post-spawn period of May and June
Pennsylvania Spinner trout fishing primer – Part 1
Fishing spinners is a very effective technique for trout fishing, if used properly.
Properly store your ice fishing electronics, shelters, clothing, augers and more…
Take the time now to properly store your ice gear to make it easier to prepare for next years hard-water season.
Youth and hard water: Tips for taking kids ice fishing
Youngsters naturally love to crank up fish. Keep it enjoyable and you’ll help build the next generation of anglers, plus a fishing buddy for life.
Ice fishing tips: Refining your jigging techniques for light-biting crappies and sunfish
Catch more fish with the right bait or lure, then know how to identify the slightest of bites.
Flying high again: Boating industry unveils top models for 2015
New model boats keep the best, update the rest
When panfish behave badly
A common mistake some anglers make is thinking the world below the ice is static and that nothing changes.
Ice fishing tip: Cold weather battery maintenance
Take proper care of batteries while fishing in cold weather to avoid costly replacement fees.
Angling fact of life: The negative scent factor in ice fishing
Doesn’t matter which species – walleye, pike, perch, crappies or bluegills – fish detecting unnatural odors will cost you bites this winter
Ice fishing tip: Searching for suspended crappies before drilling holes
Find fish with less effort by sonar reading through the ice rather than drilling more holes.
Ice fishing tip for walleyes and panfish: try big, flashy, noisy spoons
When early hard water arrives, attract fish first, then determine what lure triggers bites. And don’t be afraid to start big and work down.
A simple minnow-hooking technique for open water or hard-water fishing [Video]
Whether it’s live fatheads or frozen shiners, hooking your minnows the right way produces more strikes from walleyes, perch, crappies, and pike alike.
Catching fall walleyes with jigging minnow baits
Tips on how to use jigging minnow baits to catch walleyes in autumn.
Take figure-eight to next level with 'Hang Move'
Muskie fishermen who practice figure eights after every cast know the maneuver will increase their catches by around 25 percent each season
Lay Over Walleyes
Anglers love to follow cliches. Many of these cliches get taken as truths and get repeated until nobody ever questions what them
Water temp is key to locating Great Lakes trout, salmon
If there’s one absolute about how water temperatures affect salmon movement in the Great Lakes, it’s that there is absolutely no magic formula for homing in on the hottest bite.
A Bass'n Plan: Open water tactics for 2014
Top presentations for spring bass
