Tips & Features
August channel bassin’ on the Mississippi
Channel bass tend to bite more consistently throughout the day compared to weed fish.
Spot-and-stalk muskie hunting with side imaging
How much time you choose to spend looking at your screen is up to you.
The big bluegills of summer
Most people focus on panfish in spring and maybe fall, but it’s fun to extend that season.
Bottom bounce your way to summer walleye success
You can cover water and fish a bottom bouncer much faster than you can with a traditional live-bait rig. Move until you find fish.
Pro Tip of the Week: shallow crappies and walleyes
Both species are active in the shallows, and trolling spinners at a quick speed can trigger bites of both species.
Fishing ledges for bass – video
“Tackle” Terry Tuma suggests using a spinning rod and casting a shad rap or smaller bait at an angle for success on and around ledges. Or run a crankbait to the lip of the flat
Muskie magic during last-light bite
Also, last light is the best time to return to a muskie that followed earlier. Again, this isn’t a time to worry about the why. Just know that if you want to catch a fish
Taste of the Wild: Sesame Baked Chicken of the Woods Mushrooms
He’s best known as a leading authority on culinary uses of mushrooms and plants via his website Forager | Chef: the largest resource on wild mushroom cookery on the web, and Chef Alan Bergo shares
Minnesota Pro Tip of the Week: Consistent walleye summer pattern in Otter Tail County
With that deeper bite, bottom bouncers and crawlers are working best with a slow-death rig or a spinner, trolling points and saddles.
