Light-biting fish have a tendency to elude hooks. Odds are, too, that some trophy-proportioned fish we spend our lives trying to catch are dainty nibblers. So, how do we increase our odds of hooking...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
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
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
Back bays and shallow coves with sheltered cover typically provide the best prespawn/spawn crappie areas. Oxbow lakes or flooded river backwaters are classic examples. Crappies will hold along the edges...View article
Commercial salmon fishermen have depended on attractors, especially dodgers, for half a century or more and continue to depend on them today. Les Davis, inventor of the famous Herring Dodger, observed...View article
