Tips & Features
Jig worm and ned rig fishing setups – video
How to rig and jig worm and ned rig for fishing.
Walleye jig fishing – video
Busting out the jigs and slamming the eater walleyes and jumbo perch in northern Minnesota, fishing with both plastics (Mimic Minnows) and shiner minnows.
Breaklines and drop-offs – video
Making sure your lure is in the strike zone is especially important when fishing these areas.
How to hold and release a big walleye – video
Planning for and understanding how to take good care of these fish and releasing them in a timely manner greatly increases their chances of survival.
Minnesota Pro Tip of the Week: Shifting to crawlers
June is the perfect time to use one of the walleye’s favorite foods, the nightcrawler. But there are a few other key tools that can make this classic live bait even more effective.
Late-spring ’eyes: Catch ’em as catch can
Tracking walleyes during late-spring transition.
Swimbait revolution comes to muskie fishing
Many muskie anglers were initially slow to embrace swimbaits, but the lure style that is huge in the bass fishing world is fast becoming an increasingly popular option for long, toothy fish.
Where the trout roam
Yes, during heavy hatches trout will stay in a lane and, within reason, that’s about as far as they go. But for roaming trout you need to sit it out and wait for a fish
Summer assignment: study crappie patterns
Now, if the wind is blowing, simply fish the cover into which the waves are moving.
