Spring perch fishing tips help beginners on Lake Erie
Stack all the variables in your favor. These include weather, equipment, bait, and a plan of where you are going to fish.
Fishing Tips
Spring walleyes: Key locations and strategies – video
The more you understand the seasonal movements of the fish you’re chasing, the more likely you’ll be able to stay on the bite. Video courtesy of Angling Buzz.
Handling big fish – video
Tony Sindt, a fisheries specialist with the Minnesota DNR, offers up a few tips for handling big fish like sturgeon, catfish, and muskie. Video courtesy of Angling Buzz.
Spring fish movements – walleye, pike, bass, panfish – video
Good news for anglers as access to many fish species becomes easier than any other time of the year, and it doesn’t take a big boat to get in on the action. Video courtesy of Angling Buzz.
Late-winter crappie fishing: Deep water provides great opportunities
By Zach Norton There is a common misconception that crappie fishing is for spring and summer only due to the spawning activity and warmer water. However, crappie can be targeted year-round. It just comes down to understanding their patterns according…
Identifying bluegills: male vs. female
How to know the difference between male and female bluegills – and why it's important to know the difference. Video courtesy of Angling Buzz.
Reading the 'dead zone' – video
Reading the "dead zone" on your flasher – and how you can use its information to catch more fish. Video courtesy of Angling Buzz.
Rod length ... function? – video
So many anglers think about panfish rod lengths as what you prefer, but in reality, anglers should be thinking about rod length as a function of how they are going to be fishing, as indicated in this video from Angling…
Runnin' and gunnin' for winter crappies – video
When winter crappies are on the move, hole-hopping with a run-and-gun mentality is often the most effective way to catch them. This video from Angling Buzz shows how it's done. Video courtesy of Angling Buzz.
How to keep the fish below the hole – video
Tips in this video from Angling Buzz on how to keep fish below the hole when fishing in a wheel house or flip-over shelter. The real key is to maximize your opportunities. Video courtesy of Angling Buzz
Caring for those trophy-caliber pike on the ice – video
This Angling Buzz video shows how to create a livewell on ice – and its benefits for handling trophy-caliber northern pike.
Horizontal vs. vertical presentations – video
Matt Johnson of Clam Outdoors breaks down horizontal and vertical presentations for finicky panfish in this video, courtesy of Angling Buzz. Video courtesy of Angling Buzz.
Jumbo perch ... through the ice – video
Tapping into a great sight fishing bite – in less than t feet of water.
Final days of open-water 2021: It’s big predator fish season
“Tackle” Terry has seen prime fishing this late fall period, including for thick smallmouth bass.
Top lure and bait options for autumn crappies and bass
A late summer and turnover means a terrific fall bite for two of the region’s favorite gamefish: bass and slab crappies.
Angling Buzz video: power-corking walleyes
During mid-summer, when walleyes move deep, one of the most effective ways to target them is by power-corking. Now, I have caught a tremendous number of different fish species on floats everything from salmon, trout, walleyes, muskies northern pike, catfish, and panfish.…
Favorite tactics for early-season walleyes [video]
Fishing for early season walleyes all begins with the search. Join in on the search with Angling Buzz in this video.
The underwater camera: not just for ice anglers anymore
Deploy these ever-improving devices to quickly skip a step with your fishing electronics.
Monster northern pike – on setlines [video]
Late ice is a great time to target monster northern pike, and one of the best ways to do that is with setlines. Here's how the guys at Angling Buzz are getting it done. Video courtesy of Angling Buzz.
So you want to be an ice angler
If the trend of newcomers that we’ve seen in hunting and warm-weather fishing carries over to ice fishing, there’s sure to be some newbies wondering how to get into it. Welcome to the addiction.
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