Walleye fishing tips: Summer signals time for bottom-bouncers and spinners
Spinner rigs are very versatile for covering various depths of water and locating actively feeding walleyes.
Fishing Tips
Secret of the fishing pros: size matters
When retrieve speeds, color, flash, movement, rattles and other tricks fail, try increasing the size of your lures.
Angling Buzz: Tips and tactics for topwater muskies [video]
Topwater muskie fishing can provide some of the most exciting moments in freshwater fishing. Problem is, most folks don't understand just how many applications there are for topwater fishing, including finesse situations and when the water is very cold. Check out…
The perfect fishing knot
What’s a good fishing knot? That’s simple. If you tie a hook on the end of a fishing line with a simple or perhaps a complicated series of twists, turns, loops and laps; hang a worm on the hook; catch…
Spring walleye presentations: When top tactic isn’t working, try something different
As May transitions to June, the top walleye bite of the year has arrived. Marking fish and walleyes aren’t responding? The onus is on you to mix it up.
Fishing tips: locating and catching pre-spawn slab crappies
Spring is a great time to target white or black crappies as they transition into shallow water around the weed lines.
Late spring’s shallow multi-species fishing action
Combine stealth, a low profile, available structure, and a variety of live bait to locate snapping perch, crappies, and walleyes during the early open-water angling season.
Fishing tips: where to start searching for early season walleyes
Don’t just fish memories when locating fish; use your electronics and search according to lake and weather conditions.
After initial ice-melt surge, think spring river walleyes
Border waters provide some the first opportunities to launch a boat and work the schools of pre-spawn walleyes and saugers.
Fishing protocol: It’s all about the details
Tournament anglers who win regularly and recreational fishermen who fill the live-well monitor the “little things.”
Tips for using spoons to entice the wary walleyes of winter
There are definitely times when fish demand an increase in vibration and flash. But just the opposite can be the attractor, so bring an assortment of colors.
Easy steps to fishing rod line guide repair
I use the winter months as a time to sort, inspect and maintain the rods, reels and other gear I use and abuse spring, summer and fall. This way, I have everything ready when the water softens in the spring.…
Ice fishing tip: Pay attention to detail during a tough walleye bite. Part 1: Set-lines
There’s been a hot bite but when you finally hit the ice, the weather changes and the action tanks. Pay attention to tiny details, and you’ll salvage your trip by tricking a few fish into biting.
The technological marvel of underwater cameras in modern ice fishing
Seeing is believing when viewing the subterranean world through the hard water.
Do expensive ice rods catch more fish?
Species- and technique-specific rods can give you a real advantage out on the ice.
A winter ice fishing tactical Q&A with 'Tackle' Terry Tuma
As the heart of hard water arrives across the great North American ice belt, “T3” answers your questions to help improve your angling skills this cold-weather season.
Ice fishing quandary: the jigging spoon paradox
Top anglers match spoon design for different phases of winter and the moods of walleyes.
Fall walleye fishing tip: Go aggressive to target bigger fish
Use electronics to scan steep breaks to locate baitfish and predators, then make sure to follow them as they switch depths during changing light conditions.
Fall fishing tips - techniques to catch suspended autumn crappie
With water temps dropping, crappies are munching on minnows. Use your electronics to locate schools of suspended slabs, then find what triggers bites.
Anticipating and successfully fishing during autumn lake turnover season [video]
North country lakes will begin experiencing turnover in coming weeks, but you still can enjoy quality fall angling before, during, and after this annual period.
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