Fish have the same five major senses as you—sight, smell, scent, taste and touch—although they’re a bit different, adapted for use underwater. Fish use their combined input to locate food and...View article
While fish share many of the same basic organs as you and I, they do have some unique attributes.Cold-Blooded—To begin, fish don’t maintain a higher body temperature...View article
Ah, if only the rest of the fishing season were as predictable as the spring fling into the shallows! Unfortunately, it isn’t. The good news, however, is that regardless of lake, river, or reservoir...View article
So you want to get that big bass mounted. What’ll it be—a traditional skin mount, a fiberglass replica mount, a habitat mount, or perhaps something more artistic? There are more choices available...View article
Stream trout—rainbows, browns, and brookies—probably prefer open water over their heads at all times, but many are stocked in ponds, lakes and reservoirs throughout the frozen north. Being coldwater...View article
Classic lake trout patterns persist at first-ice or at season openings, which vary by state and province. One classic opener is the January 1 beginning to the season in Northwest Ontario, a date which...View article
Of all the major species anglers pursue in the wintertime, lake trout may be the most accommodating. Unlike walleye, sauger, crappies, bluegills, pike or perch, all of them sluggish and selective in...View article
We were set about a decade ago to fly into one of the famous lake trout fisheries of the far north. The lodge on this lake set up the trip, we would go to film TV footage, and they hoped the rest of...View article
Luck of the Irish, they say, and I believe it after fishing alongside Gary McEnelly (In-Fisherman’s former financial officer) the past five years during our annual “trout opener” trip into northwest...View article
A dying plastic minnow, shining and flickering in the golden light below, draws the attention of bottom-hugging perch, drawing them from their crevices. That’s the plan. Up they come to join the puppet...View article
