If you are like me, you go through your fair share of lures. Many lures such as Rapalas and Wally Divers cost what seems to be a fortune, especially when you lose them after only a few fishing trips, or worse yet, just a few casts. Something that can save you a few bucks, become [...]
This is one thing that I can say isn’t done enough with my reels. Changing your fishing line is one of the most important things you should be doing. There are a number of reasons to do this, but I’ll just talk about a couple of them for now.
The suns rays will quickly deteriorate your [...]
As with most things in life, we can’t spend all of our time doing what we love. Fishing is something that most of us need to set time aside to do. We can’t necessarily wake up every morning, grab our waders and rods and head for the river. Sure, it’d be nice, but it just [...]
Being a fish that prefers very cold waters, lake trout typically head very deep late in the summer. Spring time is the season that these fish are usually targeted, just after ice out when they are cruising the shorelines of lakes in water that is only ten to twenty feet deep. As the water warms, [...]
The drop shot rig is an easy rig to put together, and it can mean the difference between going fishless and catching fish on any given day. Simply put, this rig attaches a hook a foot to several feet up the line while attaching a heavy lead sinker below it. The method is typically used [...]
Esox, Water wolf, Pike, Great Northern, Jack, whatever you want to call these beasts of the deep, they are an exciting fish to target regardless of the method you choose to employ. In the early season, targeting large northern Pike, especially trophy specimens is almost too easy. Look for a nice, shallow bay and start [...]
