Tips & Features
Minnesota Pro Tip of the Week: Keeping your bait alive and keeper fish fresh
It’s been hot this year, with some of the earliest 80-degree water temperatures that I can remember in years. That presents a challenge for both keeping your bait alive and for keeping any fish you
Choosing what fishing line to use
“Tackle” Terry Tuma talks fishing line to use – from mono to fluorocarbon to braided lines – under different conditions.
A summer of significant fishing pressure
Celebrating an increase in angler numbers while protecting fisheries.
Muskie Magic during last light bite
The next time you’re dog tired and sunburned from a day of muskie fishing and the lure of dinner and a cold one is strong, stick it out just a little longer and take advantage
Walleye at night, angler’s delight
When it is summer and you’re thinking walleyes, schedule yourself for the night shift because when most people are clocking out from the water, that’s when the walleyes are clocking in.
Fly fishing summer carp
The real fun begins when carp get close to the fly.
Drop shots and circle hooks for lake trout
Since the limit on lakers is paper thin, and my boat-mates wanted a full day of fishing, we were using circle hooks so as to not kill what wasn’t being kept.
Solving the mystery of summer crappie fishing
It’s not easy to find crappies in the dead of summer, but when you do they’re often ready, willing and eager for a fresh meal.
Swimbaits revolutionizing the soft plastic world
Soft plastics come in enough shapes, sizes, and colors that there’s nearly no limit on how you can use them.
