I fish for yellow perch on portions of the Great Lakes. About 80 days a year, I’m staring down an ice hole. A bass is a bass, they say, so surely a perch is a perch wherever they swim, this suggesting...View article
The term “offshore structure fishing” is relative. It can mean following a point to a main-lake basin or working the first break out from a shoreline flat. Or it can take on a far less familiar...View article
Few things are as addictive as sight fishing. You become the gambler waiting for the next big pay-off. Drill a hole, start fishing, see what comes in. If nothing comes in, if the fish won’t bite,...View article
The more I learn, the less I know. At least it seems that way lately when it comes to structure fishing for smallmouth bass with tube-jigs. At one time, I was regarded as somewhat of a regional expert...View article
My timing was impeccable for developing a passion for smallmouth bass. I lived near Lake Erie all my life and spent my time pursuing its smallmouths. Over the past decade, Erie emerged as the world’s...View article
Opal eyes course through a blue-green world on the border of light penetration. Rising over the edge of a precipice on the last major break leading into the benthic depths, walleyes surge into schools...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
(An interview with Gary Parsons, as told to Dave Csanda.) Fox News bills themselves as the network for fair and balanced coverage, while MSNBC claims to be America’s News Channel....View article
If the fish are there, people will continue to fish. So, environmental quality must continue to support strong fish populations. So too must our knowledge of how to manage fisheries and fish populations...View article
Hey, ice anglers! There's a new kid on the block, take a look. Thin Film Transistor (TFT) screens, because of their brilliant, non-fading colors, have influenced the openwater market with sonar and...View article