A unique, bluish-colored strain of walleye appears to be increasing in number in Canada, and expanding its range into the northern United States. “We’re finding it in Canadian river systems where...View article
Recruitment, growth, and mortality: three words that on the surface may not make an angler’s ears ring but buzz loudly in a fishery biologist’s. These three rate functions are important because...View article
Trophy-size panfish are the latest frontier for anglers who like big fish. As we’ve said in In-Fisherman, a 1-pound bluegill in most regions is rarer than a 6-pound bass and likely older. Same is...View article
A Fish For The Future Or Soon To Be One Of The Past?
The mere mention of hybrid saugeye (female walleye x male sauger) in states where they’re stocked, brings smiles to the faces of most fishermen. When fingerlings are stocked in adequate numbers (depends...View article
Northern pike are one of the most widespread and popular of the world’s freshwater sportfish. The biggest pike, those that tip the scales at 20 pounds or more, remain scarce across much of the Lower...View article
When anglers talk tactics, one question often arises, whether the gathering is on a family vacation or around the tournament weigh-in stage. What size lure should I use? New anglers are puzzled by countless...View article
Ah, the good ol’ days. Back then unfished bass populations had more and larger fish. Only natural mortality, primarily predation, reduced their abundance, so bass surviving their first couple of years...View article
Ask a seasoned angler to define good bass habitat and you’re likely to hear about laydowns, weededges, creek channels, stumpfields, mats, red clay banks, chunk rock, shell bars—the list goes on....View article
Coalesce is a wonderful word. It describes a process wherein disparate parts, people, meanings—even fish—come together to form one whole, or concentrate in one area. To “become one” with something...View article
