Terminal Tackle includes all the components of a bait fishing system including hooks, sinkers, snaps, swivels, leaders, blades, snap clevises, bobber stops, beads and more. The combination of any or...View article
Trophy-size panfish are the latest frontier for anglers who like big fish. As we’ve said in In-Fisherman, a 1-pound bluegill in most regions is rarer than a 6-pound bass and likely older. Same is...View article
Up North by mid-May and into June, and from April into May farther south, when water temperatures breach 60ºF, flatheads are generally settled into river reaches where they eventually spawn, although...View article
Preseason for flatheads extends from late winter through early spring—the end of the Coldwater Period on the In-Fisherman Calendar of Fish Activity. It’s not the best time of the year to target...View article
While fishing with bobbers dates back to the early days of angling, fishing for walleyes with slipfloats has a more recent and well documented heritage. Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota is the hands-down...View article
There was a time when slipsinker livebait rigs ruled the waves and excess hardware had plummeted out of fashion, relegated to the rusty bottoms of old tackle boxes on the back shelf in the garage. But...View article
It probably began with a catfisherman fishing from the bank, tossing out a piece of cutbait and a heavy sinker, plunking it down to the bottom in moderately heavy current, then waiting for a bite. That’s...View article
Walleyes are susceptible and can be tempted to eat—even when they are full—when the right bait suspends in front of them. Whether it’s a neutrally buoyant crankbait, livebait...View article
As efficiency becomes a most important component of fishing, spinner rigs remain a top choice among the best walleye anglers. With miles to fish, the pace of a spinner ticking along behind a bottom...View article
