Tips & Features
Steve Sarley: Learn from my ‘wrong way’ fishing experiences
When we learn to do things, we are usually taught that there is a right way and wrong way of doing them. We are taught to do things “by the book,” but usually, for whatever
Vertical jigging for walleyes – video
The various ways to jig up some walleyes and saugers still hold true.
A record by a beard hair (or feather)? The story of a gobbler to remember
Every once in a while a turkey hunt goes exactly as you want it to. That’s what happened on May 2, the morning I bagged what is perhaps my best spring gobbler to date.
Trempealeau County turkeys coy, but callable in Wisconsin
Had I spent another minute cutting prickly ash to create a spot to sit against a giant oak along a field edge, I may not have had a chance to kill a gobbler during Wisconsin’s
Doubling up on turkeys in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
In all of the years I’ve been turkey hunting, it’s almost always been with a partner and we’ve almost always both carried shotguns, but we’ve rarely figured that each of us would be walking out
Here’s how to rig your solo kayak for fishing
Kayak fishing is as big as ever, perhaps because it simply makes sense. The angler/paddler can go practically anywhere in small, muscle-powered boats and fish for just about any species.
With the right gear
Early-season trolling: a recipe for angling success
During the month of June, most anglers focus their efforts on the shallower portions of lakes. They spend their days casting for fish in and around rejuvenated weed growth. There’s some real merit to that
Bush-fishing crappies Rend Lake guide untangles mysteries
When the third or fourth slab crappie hit the bottom of Rick Eskew’s livewell, the veteran Rend Lake fishing guide said for anyone to hear, “Not all bushes are created equal.”
Although a cryptic
Tip: Wacky worms for bass
“Tackle” Terry Tuma suggests varying your retrieve and using different lengths of wacky worms and jigs.
