Tips for fishing with live minnows
A lively minnow dancing on a hook remains one of the best fishing presentations for catching walleye, perch, and many other species.
Working with vegetation
Finding lush aquatic vegetation when ice fishing can be like striking gold. Here's when to lean in to weedy areas and when to avoid them.
Jigging for open-water lake trout
If you want to mix up your summer lake trout tactics, jigging for lake trout is a deadly and relatively simple technique.
Observing winter crappies from pothole lakes
Winter crappie fishing is as much about charming and finessing as it is about having the grit and muster to find fish, despite harshness.
Spoon feeding smallmouths
For those willing to give it a go, spoon jigging for smallmouths can offer the possibility for more and bigger fish.