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Why you should buy a fishhouse in the summertime
People buy boats in winter, right?

Trout plan? Nah, it was contagion, blind luck
An unforeseeable miasma of worldwide contagion, a fortuitous trout rise, a second try, and random luck had brought two memorable fish to hand for release.

Avoid summertime blues
Come July, successful fly-fishermen adjust to conditions.

Heat of summer angling secret: early risers
How to avoid the summer fishing doldrums (and the recreational boat traffic).

Fishing tip: Beat the heat and troll for hungry moonlight walleyes
Record-breaking heat and bugs hindering your urge to wet a line this holiday weekend? Try trolling under a full moon for the region’s most popular freshwater gamefish

Heat of summer angling secret: early risers
There is a window of opportunity at sunrise that offers up the best fishing of the day.

A little secret to bobber fishing
The hunt for walleyes – targeting fish as you see them. And how about power bobber fishing?

Summertime topwater bass fishing
The rush of topwater fishing isn’t just for experienced anglers.

Tools for the trade for handling pike
Walleye and crappie fishing here is just starting to take off. I’m finding some lakes are totally shut off to walleyes and crappies, but the pike are nuts. Water temperatures are still in the 60s