Southern walleye fans could see better fishing for the fast-growing, hard-fighting Gulf Coast walleye—a genetically unique southern strain of Sander vitreus—thanks to collaborative restoration...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
Minnesota’s Mille Lacs Lake is a famous and productive walleye fishery, one managed with complex and varying length limits. Regulations are set to limit total angler harvest, as the available catch...View article
Innovations in methods of fishing artificial softbaits are rampant as inventive anglers explore new ways to wean themselves from livebait and catch more walleyes. Few fishermen have such a frontline...View article
If you think a slider is a White Castle burger or maybe a hard-to-hit baseball pitch partway between a curveball and fastball, you’re only half right. Touring walleye pro John Gillman, best known...View article
Because sunlight penetrating water is bent at an ever-increasing angle as the sun nears the horizon, sunset occurs about a half hour earlier below water than above. In a similar sense, across much of...View article
I’ve fished many of the greatest walleye fisheries in North America—and I’ve fished many of the most average, just like some of those out your backdoor. One pattern that develops during spring...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
No water in North America receives more attention from winter walleye anglers than massive Lake of the Woods. This million-acre pond offers different basins with vastly disparate water clarities. Walleyes...View article
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
