Hydrographic maps reveal subsurface features with the potential to hold fish, the degree to which largely depends on the accuracy and detail of the map. While paper maps ...
It’s been well over 30 years since the braided “superlines” became available to anglers.
While the modern braided line has seen a host of refinements and modifications si...
As he delivered the thick walled, 7-foot cardboard tube to my doorstep, the UPS driver asked, good-naturedly, “just how many fishing poles do you need?”
I took no offense...
With holiday shopping deals filling up the email inbox, this seems a good time to review some of the tackle and tools that have proven themselves useful over the past yea...
The mature hardwood tree, one sporting two main trunks, lay in a perpendicular angle to the lake’s shoreline, its outer branches extending out to a depth of around 12 fee...
A popular area lake benefited from cleanup efforts conducted by volunteers last month, one fueled by multiple agencies and organizations.
According to Kyle Wirick, waterw...
One of the joys of fishing is meeting the challenges each experience presents. Piecing together the puzzle, if you will, that results in a caught fish.
Many elements come...
There is something special about catching a big fish, one that represents exceptional size for the given species.
And, of course, this is all relative. A 20-inch musky is...
Hair jigs, typically fashioned from deer hair, rabbit fur or marabou feathers, often excel in gamefish such as bass and walleyes in the cooling water of fall.
Here are fo...
Unlike the previous brushpiles I had fished, ones found in 15-20 feet of water, this one was in a depth of 11 feet, with branches extended nearly to the surface.
I picked...
