Panfish

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Fishing guides feel a double dose of pressure to find fish and think of ways for clients to catch them.…»

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  In a crowded cocktail party, a familiar man pulls you aside and says, “Big perch are making a comeback.”…»

Fish

Why sit over panfish that won’t cooperate? With today’s sophisticated search tools—lake maps, depthfinders, underwater cameras, snowmobiles, augers—a case can…»

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If you planned on following the spring crappie bite from Florida to the far frontier in southern Canada this spring,…»

Emerge

In the off season “Ice Man” Barry Williams builds roads, so it’s not surprising that he encounters road kill—fuzzy expired…»

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God’s rose garden.  Those pastel orange-pink-purple sunrises painted across non-descript stratus clouds—the kind of sunrise that promises nice weather and…»

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Few contrasts are as startling as the tropical orange-yellow-blue-green of multi-hued bluegills against deep snow. When the snow gets deep,…»

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After you get past the usual list of things you cannot do out on the ice, like say longline trolling,…»

Miss BWater Perch

In the center is Stanley Von Ruden, on the left is is son Kyle, and to the right is our…»

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Remember Sea Hunt, with Lloyd Bridges? Probably not. Unless you’re older than dirt, like me. Lloyd was the father of…»

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Conventional thinking and common sayings: You can always catch bluegills. Bluegills are easy because they’re so aggressive. With bluegills, it’s…»

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Ok, I lied (again). So what’s it to ya? Seems the guy that caught the next world-record eel pout doesn’t…»

OK CRAPPIES

My friend, Todd Huckabee, holds a couple nice ones we plucked from the brushpiles of Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma, one fine…»

How many times have you been told, “You don’t know the first thing about” something? Welcome to the club. We’ve…»

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During the normal winters of decades past, the game of musical chairs we played with lakes went something like this:…»

Fish-Pile

Tiny perch lures require 2-pound line in order to work well. Larger lures work well coupled with 4-pound line. In…»

Fishing

One Perch at a Time Finding perch and which lures and baits trigger them is the driving force for many…»

More-Holes

Drill more holes,” comes the Dave Genz battle cry. Tattered banners whipping in a blizzard, the Genzer signals us forth.…»

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There’s such a difference between settling for those aggressive little bluegills that rush up and bite anything, and going in…»

Watching

Winter crappie anglers would be wise to remember that the In-Fisherman formula for fishing success (Fish + Location + Presentation…»

Ice-Top

What value can be placed on a 1-pound bluegill or a 2-pound crappie? Not in dollars and cents, but in…»

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I approach fishing for perch the opposite of shopping for groceries. I never shop for groceries on an empty stomach.…»

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BY: Matt Straw and Dave Genz The ides of December can be different every year. Miles of black ice without…»

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Twenty years ago, ice fishing veterans would have scoffed at the proliferation of dainty, gaudy, lil’ panfish toys we have…»

Plankton

Bluegills, Perch, Crappies Do most fishermen know what panfish are eating under the ice? With bass, pike, and walleyes it’s…»