Jigging

Fast and flashy, spoons drive through slush-filled holes, get to bottom fast and draw fish off all sizes and shapes in from a distance.  When compared to more subtle presentations, the weight of spoons...View article

 During the past decade, scientific developments in softbaits—what we used to know as soft plastics—have redefined this category....View article

These lines highlight the importance of personal freedom and refusal to follow the crowd. From my experience, I believe there are many applications in business and investing for which this advice holds...View article

As we worked our way along a huge, emerging rock reef, bass seemed to disappear. We noted the time. High noon on a bright, sunny day with little wind. We decided to fish to the end of the reef, then...View article

Pavlov’s dogs, fed for days at the sounding of a bell, began to salivate at the chime with no food in sensory range. Few witness that kind of conditioning, but perhaps you’ve seen a dog cower at...View article

Jigging is vertical jigging; pitching jigs to shallow rocks, weeds, or wood; tossing jigs middle distances on shallow to middepth flats; vertical jigging in current; pitching and drifting jigs in current;...View article

Most natural lakes with naturally reproducing walleye populations feature at least one of three basic types of spawning areas where walleyes deposit eggs across a shallow (2- to 6-foot-deep) expanse...View article

My guess is that only a few eccentric walleye fanatics have fallen asleep dreaming about their boat drifting over thousands of walleyes weighing between 6 and 14 pounds. Oh, I suppose a few have conjured...View article

Boat-control systems for walleyes have come a long way since the early days of backtrolling (the late 1960s). Bigger boats and outboard engines, high-power electric motors, crankbait trolling systems,...View article

If you’re a typical angler, you have your favorites, your comfort zone, your go-to tactics. You may enjoy fishing a certain method, even if other techniques may at times be more effective. Some folks...View article