Oligotrophic

Fish live in an overwhelming number and type of aquatic communities throughout North America. The word community is a good description because it suggests they adapt to and function within their local...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

During winter, suspended crappies are a bonus in natural lakes. High-flying crappies, those big, buttery, golden slabs that float under your ice hole 5, 10, 15 feet or more off bottom, are the easiest...View article

Crappie fishing and the rites of spring go hand in hand. When crappie fishing peaks, the dogwoods are in bloom and forsythia are bright gold. Wildflowers punctuate the gray forests and the songbirds...View article

Classifying lake, river, and reservoir types is important because crappies in hill-land reservoirs in the South behave much the same as crappies in hill-land reservoirs in the North, East, or West....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

Summer strategies for locating walleyes in these popular lakes—similar to natural lakes in many midwestern states and Canadian provinces—revolve around weededges. Boggs prefers cabbage and coontail,...View article

Walleyes likely originated as a fish of flowing water, inhabiting a vast waterscape of rivers that once fed thousands of natural lakes throughout the North Country of the upper US and southern Canada....View article

In the ‘70s and ‘80s, the biggest growth in walleye fishing occurred as walleyes were stocked into reservoirs, greatly expanding their range. Non-native species introduced into conducive environments...View article

Beginning in August, when the first salmon runs start, Great Lakes rivermouths offer nearshore anglers great opportunities for huge fish. Consider the biological needs of salmonid species and head to...View article