Articles by Gord Pyzer

The In-Fisherman formula—Fish + Location + Presentation=Success—is the most fish-savvy concept ever developed, because the prescription provides an unbeatable blueprint for catching fish, regardless...View article

A celebrated scene in the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid has the two outlaws, enjoying a carefree life of crime, wandering across the High Plains. Paul Newman, playing Butch Cassidy, gets...View article

Some smallmouth bass fisheries are on fire these days—hotter than a green-chile cheeseburger, especially those in the mid- and northern portions of their range. Nowhere is this more apparent than...View article

“Big walleye” is a relative term.  So, too, is a big walleye lake.  For a lot of folks, a 7-, 8- or 9-pound fish is the trophy of a lifetime.  And if they catch it in a lake spanning more than...View article

No other fish comes by its name more honestly than the walleye. Those big, white, distinguishing globes are to the walleye what the thick heads, soft skin, and waving whiskers are to the catfish—magnificent...View article

Despite all the trappings associated with muskie fishing, a good part of our success still hinges on being in the right place at the right time. Northwestern Ontario was the right place to be and the...View article

“If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.” - Frank Sinatra... New York, New York Frank Sinatra may have been singing about the entertainment business in New York, but...View article

"You may say I am dreamer. But I am not the only one." -“Imagine” by John Lennon With apologies to John Lennon, he should have included an extra verse in his song, “Imagine.”...View article

History is replete with discoveries. Newton watched an apple fall and discovered gravity. Many fishing lures owe their creation to similar, if not quite so profound, observations. In 1830, Julio Buel...View article

You spot a big bass circling in the shallows, obviously protecting its nest. Your heart skips a beat. But do you pick up a rod and cast to the bedding bass? It all depends on where you live, what your...View article

Late last winter, I stuffed two tip-ups into a bucket along with a couple dozen frozen tulibees, strapped the power auger to my quad 4 x 4, and headed off to an old familiar spot where I knew big pike...View article

Sometimes it makes sense to match-the-hatch for crappies. A fine example is using an artificial bait that mirrors the size, shape, and color of the forage that fish are eating. But always treat this...View article

You know you’ve hooked a giant lake trout when you spot a mammoth slate-gray-colored head, white gums and eyes the size of silver dollars, twisting and backpedaling like a junk-yard dog with its jaws...View article

These fish cause more ice anglers to scratch their heads than probably any other species. Such is the somewhat mysterious nature of their random winter wanderings. Across the ice-belt, you’re just...View article

Fish in one lake usually behave quite differently than fish in another—even a lake directly across the road. The torrid first-ice walleye bite we experienced last Christmas is a good case in point. The...View article