Tips & Features
Fast-action crappies: Schooling fish call for speed – Video
Sometimes you just have to sit on a school – when you find one – and work on your speed game. There’s always a time and place to slow down, and to speed up. Get
Basin crappie strategies and locations – Video
Tips and tactics that will help you put more crappies on the ice when you’re chasing them out in the basins, with types of basins to target and specific lures and presentations to turn sniffers
Winter trout fishing: It’s the (mostly) quiet season
Tips and techniques that will help you catch more winter trout.
Cleaning/preparing northern pike – Video
Northern pike can make for some great table fare, but cleaning them – most notably, removing the Y-bones – can be difficult and intimidating. In this video, the NDG&FD takes you from start to finish
Insight into the inner nature of hard-water angling
Ice fishing 202 with “T3”!
Simple, effective ice fishing: Part 2
Practical clothing and rod options.
Matches made below the ice
What works for hard-water walleyes, pike and bass.
Making the wurst out of venison
Making sausage out of some of your venison isn’t a daunting task.
Minnesota Pro Tip of the Week: tip-ups for pike on Rainy Lake
Quick-strike rigs are more effective, usually allowing you to set the hook immediately instead of giving the pike time to chew.
