It’s possible to predict within a few degrees what temperature the water will be. Water temperature is influenced by surrounding air temperatures. Take a reading of the water late in the day (usually...View article
 
Three Strikes On Your Route

The Natural

Most natural lakes with naturally reproducing walleye populations feature at least one of three basic types of spawning areas where walleyes deposit eggs across a shallow (2- to 6-foot-deep) expanse...View article
 
Walleye Behavior in Natural Lakes

Natural Eyes

Walleyes likely originated as a fish of flowing water, inhabiting a vast waterscape of rivers that once fed thousands of natural lakes throughout the North Country of the upper US and southern Canada....View article
Great Lakes Salmon And Trout

The Stability Zone

No bug slicks. No birds. Wind hums through lines and cables as the probe disappears into the blue-green depths. Foam trails are draped across the swells, some heading east, some heading west, some passing...View article
 
Keying On Changing Conditions

Doug Johnson Talks Muskies

Every year the weather seems to get a little stranger. Perhaps the El Nino effect, or maybe global warming really is taking a toll. Two years ago we had 50-year-high water levels on Lake of the Woods,...View article