Tips & Features
Walleye tips: Location, hooking a minnow, jigging cadence, boat control
Information that will help you catch walleyes right now.
Afternoon turkeys: Should New York follow Pennsylvania’s lead?
I’ve hunted spring turkeys in both New York and Pennsylvania ever since there was a spring season. Up until 10 years ago, hunting hours in both states ended at noon and that was fine with
Here’s how to get the most out of fishing from a canoe
It was a glorious morning late in the spring. Birds were singing, the sun was shining, and the temperature was in that sweet spot. It wasn’t hot, though warm enough to don shorts and flip
Return to northern Pennsylvania for turkeys different in final week
Hunting gobblers during the last full week of the season meant a lot less noise and bird sightings than the first week.
Not one to give up easily, I reloaded my turkey hunting
Every picture tells a story, Part I
I was going through an old photo album the other day. By old, think black and white photographs from the early 1950s. Glancing at a couple of them, I was reminded of the Rod Stewart
The shiner: king of early-season walleye baits
There’s no doubt the top option for a minnow bait during the early season is the shiner minnow. And it doesn’t seem to matter if it’s goldies, spottails, or silvers – the shiner is the
Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Bait, lures change during seasons
During early and late seasons on Lake of the Woods’ south shore, jigging for walleyes and sauger is the preferred method, with a slow, vertical presentation. Schools of fish are near points and edges of
Now is a good time for trail cam maintenance
As we take a breath before the next hunting season begins, it’s a good time to get your trail cameras out for some annual maintenance and potential repair. So why is this important?
First,
Making do with Wisconsin’s Chequamegon Bay smallies
We were after walleyes, no question about it. While we did catch one keeper, the real story that day were the bay’s well reputed smallmouth bass. They hit jigs tipped with fatheads, crawlers or plastics.
