During this transitional time of year, it’s not uncommon for one day of lights-out action to be followed by a total skunking. Even traditional methods of predicting fish behavior like tracking fronts, ...

I'm here with Antonio today, and we're out on the Niagara River. We're going to spend a little bit of time, only an hour, running live bait on a T-Turn bait rig. The water is about 15 feet deep here ...

Today we're running with live bait (live minnows) on a dual T-Turn bait rig, and we're fishing for lake trout! These T-Turn ...

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

From now until autumn, one of the more productive ways to catch fish is with a live-bait rig. Live-bait rigs are simple set-ups, but they’re so effective so much of the time. Whether you’re after ...

Minnesota is known for having a diverse outdoor heritage. This diversity includes unpleasant items like summer mosquitoes and bitter winters. However, it also includes the great sport of fishing. When ...

Mike Hardin, assistant director of Fisheries for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, holds a healthy smallmouth bass caught on a live shiner in December from Lake Cumberland. Late ...

Anglers catch more walleyes on live bait than with hardware, but learning which live bait rigs to use at which times is important. Basic rigs include jigs in sizes 1/8-, 1/4- and 3/8-ounces.

Summer is picking up speed and moving at a quick pace. As we cross into mid-July, we are starting to change lots of tactics to fit the mold of summer fishing patterns. We are now into hot days with ...

We have begun the last phase of summer angling. You can tell summer is going fast with football training camps taking place and the Head of the Lakes Fair going this week. Before you know it, kids ...

Walleyes are some of the most sought after fish through the ice. They are widespread and taste great. They aren’t particularly hard to catch, although sometimes they can be finicky. Try these ...

Spinner rigs, ’crawler harnesses, whatever you want to call them, in many situations they excel in catching summertime walleyes. For those unfamiliar, a typical walleye spinner rig consists of two ...