Last summer, success stories began to circulate about wacky-rigging thin worms on finesse jigheads, enabling anglers to catch bass when other techniques failed. Toward the end of the season, I obtained...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
Is there evidence to suggest that holding a big lake trout, muskie, pike, or catfish by its jaw or gill plate, without supporting its belly, can be injurious? Rob Swainson, who manages Ontario's Lake...View article
If walleyes are the gilded kings of clear to stained-water rivers and reservoirs, then saugers, their closely related cousins, perhaps are royal family of the down and dirty variety. Common in warmer...View article
When building crankbaits, three major designs come into play: imitation, presentation, and vibration. Each factor must appeal to one or more of a walleye's senses. Although walleyes feed...View article
While fish share many of the same basic organs as you and I, they do have some unique attributes.Cold-Blooded—To begin, fish don’t maintain a higher body temperature...View article