Tips & Features
Fly-fishing gear works just fine for warmwater species like bass, too
Largemouth bass fishing is synonymous with many things in America’s freshwater fishing culture.
Tricked out specialty boats that scream second mortgage. Tournament anglers dressed like walking advertisements. Slick, glossy magazines devoted to the craft.
Steve Griffin: Sometimes fishing is just “catch ’em then eat ’em”
A writer friend posted a Facebook dispatch in which he said he’d harvested a steelhead for the first time in many years.
He said it without any apparent shame, and there’s every reason to
Trip to Lake Erie’s Eastern Basin proves worthwhile for jumbo perch
After seeing favorable reports for years about the spring yellow perch runs in Lake Erie’s Eastern Basin, I finally got the chance to go on April 16 to see for myself.
Accompanied by fellow
Ron Schara: A brown trout fantasy that almost came true, but still eludes me
Feeling sorry for him, I handed him the fishing rod.
Oh my, yes. I can still remember that fateful moment frozen in a time warp of stupidity. What happened to my greatest angling fantasy
Bob Gwizdz: Detroit River walleye fishing truly is world class
I have become increasingly convinced during the past couple of decades that the Detroit River offers the best walleye fishing in the world.
Oh, you can argue that other places offer bigger average-sized fish
Keep it simple when it comes to catching Pennsylvania’s river smallmouths in the spring
“Simplicity is hard. It’s easier to over-complicate things,” a British comedian once quipped. I’m not sure if he is a fisherman, but his quote fairly describes my and a lot of other anglers’ tactical approach
Steve Carney: Reflecting on my favorite fishing opener in 1993
Looking back on 51 years of Minnesota fishing openers, I have one opener that stands out. The fishing opener of 1993 was one of the greatest days of my life.
Gary Sorenson, of Insurance
Minnesota’s Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Slow or fast best for early walleyes?
Walleye season begins this weekend, and where to start fishing and what to use are the big questions for anglers. Be versatile and mobile. Start shallow and move deeper as the day progresses. Rocky points
Jumbo perch are thriving on Minnesota/Wisconsin waters of the Mississippi River
A few years ago, while fishing with my kids on a Mississippi River backwater near Winona, Minn., my dad and I got into a mess of yellow perch, big ones. After an hour of the
