Tips & Features
Tactical tube techniques
The tube is a very versatile lure. It catches bass as shallow as six inches all the way down to 60 feet or more. It can be used weightless, weighted, and it can match all
Shark fishing – Long Island style
Tactics for hooking into a thresher, mako or other toothy species.
Spring flipping and other vegetation tactics for pocket crappies
Where there’s one slab, there’s more, so tune up your skills and work the cover correctly.
Wrangling bass with wacky worms
Wacky worms can be especially effective coaxing bass when the bite is tough. Try going dead-stick style and leave it alone. For how long? Let the bass decide.
Give walleyes the slip (bobber) this spring
Slip bobbers often save the day during tough fishing conditions. Early in the season, this simple and effective presentation is often at its best.
Crappies are king in May
Concentrating on crappies, both white and black, and trying to figure out if they had distinct food preferences.
Catch odd fish for an offbeat good time
Fallfish offers anglers a great chance of success wherever they are targeted.
Plan B Strategies for fishing Sulphur hatches in high water
If the sulphur fishing gets tough this spring, you might fish upstream areas, check out smaller freestone waters, and fish the edges of your usual haunts if the water is high.
Take a river hike for Ohio Pike
The trouble with storybook runs is they are hard to find on the average river bordered by land open to the public. Canoes, kayaks, and small boats are a few ways around this.
