Fish live in an overwhelming number and type of aquatic communities throughout North America. The word community is a good description because it suggests they adapt to and function within their local...View article
Classifying lake, river, and reservoir types is important because crappies in hill-land reservoirs in the South behave much the same as crappies in hill-land reservoirs in the North, East, or West....View article
Reservoirs are manmade impoundments of free-flowing rivers, flooding and altering the habitat and character of the original system. Deep sections typically feature little current, appearing more like...View article
Reservoirs are manmade hybrids of lake and river environments that reflect the landform they impound. Some are shallow with abundant flooded cover; some are deep with little vegetation; others have...View article
Reservoirs pose a unique challenge for anglers who come from a natural lake background. They’re used to fishing smaller bodies of water, often with weedcover, which combine to reduce seasonal walleye...View article
Dams host the majority of river walleye angling, particularly in late winter and early spring. Fish migrating toward spawning areas stack up in massive proportions in the first mile or so of impenetrable...View article
Key On The Forage Connection To Stay On Their Tails
Sometimes it all comes together—the right location and presentation choices merge, making for good catches of crappies. Once it’s over, crappies become enigmatic, being difficult to find or ignoring...View article
The St. Lawrence River is one of the finest carp waters in North America. Those who know it gauge their success by numbers of fish over 30 pounds, and 40- to 50-pound fish can be expected. Still, the...View article
Sauger are common in many riverine environments throughout the natural and extended range of their larger cousin, the walleye. Unlike walleye, however, sauger often are ignored. Worse, they're sometimes...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
