This is part three of a quick six-pack of fishing solutions that often work for myself and others. Part two touched on fishing muskie in windy conditions. Check out the links to the other five…
In many ways, summer is my favorite time of year for fishing muskies. Though it’s often feast or famine, there are so many things to try, and it’s always challenging and fun.
This is part two of a…
When I was asked to write an article on old baits that you hardly hear anything about anymore, quite a few came to mind. It became especially apparent just how many there are when I looked through…
Good Morning One & All!!!Well the summer is once again here and in full swing, heat and all. People have asked me what is my favorite bass bait to use this time of year. My first response is…
Summertime is a time for fishing, and I have been doing exactly that!
Aside from doing a little early season deer scouting with setting and maintaining deer trail cameras, I am dedicating most of my…
Weather is absolutely one of the most influential factors in predicting a good walleye bite anytime of year, but especially in summer.
Stable weather means active fish. It’s virtually the same…
A few months ago, I was visiting the Bass Pro Shop in Auburn Hills. The store managers, Tom and Greg, and I were talking about one of my passions, muskie fishing. During the conversation, Muskie Bob'…
Cold fronts generally aren’t the greatest news for any fishing, other than the fact that pre-frontal conditions usually bring a feeding spree as barometric pressure drops. Following this, though,…
In my last blog, I talked about the tadpole diver, a weighted diving system that brings your baits down to the river bottom. Now I would like to talk about the baits.
One of the most common ways to…
Occasionally, in mid-summer, walleyes will set up housekeeping along vast stretches of deep shoreline edges that break to very deep water. I ran into this scenario a few years back on North Dakota’s…
When walleyes are scattered, like over a mid-depth flat, for instance, but are not in an aggressive-enough mood to be caught with trolling methods such as crankbaits or spinner rigs, jig trolling can…
Mid-summer is the time for the oft overlooked deep water structure. Warm water can push the bait deep, especially in waters holding smelt or other similar forage.
To know where the big walleyes will…
