In flowing water, summertime smallmouths pull out all the stops. A 2-pound, current-pumped smallie makes you think you’ve tagged a 4-pounder. And their aerial acrobatics leave me shaking my head,...View article
These lines highlight the importance of personal freedom and refusal to follow the crowd. From my experience, I believe there are many applications in business and investing for which this advice holds...View article
When it happens at a distance, and it often does, you can just barely see and feel the subtle wobble and flash of the lure as it’s gently pulled forward, left, then right—then left-right. You’re...View article
Pavlov’s dogs, fed for days at the sounding of a bell, began to salivate at the chime with no food in sensory range. Few witness that kind of conditioning, but perhaps you’ve seen a dog cower at...View article
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
Rich Zaleski, a longtime In-Fisherman contributor, has written widely about crappies and enjoys hunting slabs in large tidal rivers like the Connecticut. Tides influence the flow 12 miles or more inland...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
What goes up—comes down. And it’s on the way down that walleyes—most fish for that matter—eat the thing, so long as the thing meets other standards of approval. Most anglers understand...View article
Crankbaits that work best for smallmouths in rivers are not the same as the cranks that work best in lakes. At least, a fairly stark delineation often exists, though the two styles morph into one when...View article
