Tips & Features
Preparing for a succesfull bowhunting season goes beyond target practice
I consider myself a graduate of the “University of Hard Knocks, and after logging more than 40 years of bowhunting experiences, I believe I have earned a master’s degree for opening-day regrets!
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Perch spreaders losing ground to homemade perch ‘rigs’
More than 60 years ago when I began perch fishing with my dad and grandfather, the standard operating procedure was to use a wire spreader with two snelled hooks, each baited with an emerald shiner.<br
Early-season locations to arrow an A.M. buck with a bow
It’s a common refrain in the whitetail space. You can’t hunt mornings in the early season, because the bucks are all back in their beds before first light. While this is a convenient excuse to
John Pollmann: South Dakota youth season offers lessons learned for young hunter
South Dakota’s two-day youth waterfowl season took place last weekend, and the conditions couldn’t have been much better for the state’s young hunters.
Cool, fall-like weather was accompanied by blue skies and a bit
Figuring out gear retrieve ratio – video
Hall of Fame angler “Tackle” Terry Tuma talks about gear retrieve ratios, especially when using crankbaits.
Key ingredients to up your odds for success on early-season morning hunts
I bumped a couple of bucks off their beds during a late-summer scouting trip two years ago. The weather and habitat conditions then were similar to what we typically see during the early archery season.<br
Steve Carney: With the Ned rig, like all baits, there’s some good, some bad
When you hang around a group of bass anglers, the talk frequently turns to the Ned rig. I often have clients who ask to fish the rig, but I must tell them that I have
Minnesota Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Change it up to catch muskies
Fish get conditioned to seeing lures presented the same way, day after day, so fishing from shallow water to deep water will show them something different. Cast deep and bring your bait into the shallows.
Decades of angling Adirondack brook trout makes for plenty of memorable stories
It was a chilly morning for mid-June. One that felt more like late April or early October.
But it was just about right for a group of hearty Adirondack brook trout fishermen who can
