Sometimes looks can be deceiving. When my mother returned from a scenic cruise of the Lake Erie islands, she was quick to ask how I find, and fish for, walleyes on such a monstrous body of water. From...View article
SonarIn 1957, Carl Lowrance began marketing his original Red Box and Green Box. Using a technology developed for the military, sonar has since taught generations of anglers how...View article
After elections, pollsters hang around the parking lot, taking what they call “exit polls.” Basically, they ask who you voted for. In spring, some anglers perform their own version of such interviews....View article
The reservoir is twice the size it was the last time you were here. The fishable water now has doubled in size. The potential of finding fish seems endless. You have only five days to dissect this water,...View article
Having grown up in South Dakota, I was taught to memorize any prairie landmarks—old windmills, silos, farmsteads, fence posts, or lone cottonwood trees—that I could later align and bisect to return...View article
Finding perch requires patience, persistence, and now and then asking if you’re doing the right thing. Eliminating water where they’re not is simple: If they’re not where you thought they’d...View article
Shortly after the 2007 season ended for professional anglers of the Bassmaster Elite and FLW Tours, I sat with Rick Clunn, Brian Snowden, Edwin Evers, Tim Horton, and Tommy Martin at Table Rock Lake...View article
Most catmen are obsessed with heavy sinkers and heavier anchors, but a small cadre of reservoir catmen insist that drifting is the most efficient way to catch a boatload of channel cats during summer. Steve...View article
Ten years ago, trying to purchase the right GPS (global positioning satellite) unit was just a bit short of "rocket science." Questions like, "Do I purchase a single-channel receiver, a dual-channel...View article
I still recall the initial excitement of Buck Perry's theories of structure fishing. Changes in the underwater environment concentrate fish: drop-offs, points, humps, river channels -- underwater highways...View article
