Tips & Features
Minnesota Pro Tip of the Week: Use a search bait for Big Stone’s perch
The larger idea is to keep running and gunning until you locate higher concentrations of fish.
Winter angling tips for the tributaries
A “green” Christmas was in the forecast so it might be a good time to sample any fishing gear that you may have received under the tree from jolly ol’ St. Nick!
Plan ahead for putting on ice-fishing miles
The better you prepare now, the better the end result will be when you reach your fishing destination. Just don’t wait too long or you’ll come out of this ice season again wishing you’d have
For steelhead, always have a ‘Plan B’
The angler who fishes for steelhead enough is reminded how tough they are to catch.
America’s coolest trout? Meet the gorgeous cutthroat
Where to catch a wild, native cutthroat in 2022.
Minnesota Pro Tip of the Week: Early ice on Lake of the Woods’ south basin
Fishing can be spotty on the south end of the lake, but once you locate fish in an area, it can produce fish for a few days.
Pro Tip of the Week: Strategies for your first trips on the ice
For walleyes, head out to a breakline that drops off from, say, 18 to 24 feet and drill 8 to 10 holes in the ice before starting fishing.
The most overlooked (and fantastic) fall fishery?
Having a blast catching big catfish on rivers this fall.
