Southern walleye fans could see better fishing for the fast-growing, hard-fighting Gulf Coast walleye—a genetically unique southern strain of Sander vitreus—thanks to collaborative restoration...View article
According to the organization American Rivers, preliminary figures of an annual survey of government agencies and private conservation organizations show that as many as 50 dams in a dozen...View article
Minnesota’s Mille Lacs Lake is a famous and productive walleye fishery, one managed with complex and varying length limits. Regulations are set to limit total angler harvest, as the available catch...View article
Innovations in methods of fishing artificial softbaits are rampant as inventive anglers explore new ways to wean themselves from livebait and catch more walleyes. Few fishermen have such a frontline...View article
If you think a slider is a White Castle burger or maybe a hard-to-hit baseball pitch partway between a curveball and fastball, you’re only half right. Touring walleye pro John Gillman, best known...View article
Because sunlight penetrating water is bent at an ever-increasing angle as the sun nears the horizon, sunset occurs about a half hour earlier below water than above. In a similar sense, across much of...View article
In the surface film, that sacred juncture between air and water, sits a chunk of wood, half in this world with hooks dangling into the other. Or it could be a bobber. Or a Zell’s Pop. Mouse. Frog....View article
The air hummed with the drone of cicadas. A slight breeze waffled the surface. The depthfinder revealed activity at 60 feet. The rig walked over rocks in a broken, tapping litany. An aggressive tap....View article
During late summer and fall, largemouth and smallmouth bass feed on open-water preyfish in many natural lakes and reservoirs. Since bass themselves rarely maintain a pelagic (open-water) existence,...View article
This breakfast classic also makes a nice camp lunch or an evening dinner change of pace. Smoked salmon or whitefish are easy substitutes for trout. I love applewood-smoked bacon in this recipe, but...View article
On the not-so-frozen tundra of Green Bay, Wisconsin, the Bay lays out like a giant playing field for world-class muskie fishing. Forget the green and gold; the hometown players in this game are cloaked...View article
Nationwide, more anglers pursue crappies during winter than summer. It has more to do with the perception that crappies are “mushy” and less fit for the table in summer than with any angling consideration....View article
Mikey hates everything. You might remember this kid, rising out of a 1970s Life cereal commercial to pop-culture status. The scene is set with three brothers sitting around the breakfast table: “Did...View article
I’ve fished many of the greatest walleye fisheries in North America—and I’ve fished many of the most average, just like some of those out your backdoor. One pattern that develops during spring...View article
