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Gun News

Chief Justice Barack Obama?

If you needed any more reason to vote against a Hillary Clinton presidency, here’s perhaps the most compelling argument yet: preventing her from granting one of America’s most antigun presidents an effective lifetime tenure on […]

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Fishing Tips

Northland: Making Muskie Music

New Blade Proves its Mettle on Pressured Water. When muskies launch into radical feedings rampages, there’s simply nothing else like it in freshwater. Jaws snap, hooks set, water explodes, and everything else just goes haywire […]

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Crappie Fishing

Crappie fishing in the wind

Crappie anglers at the recent Crappie Masters Florida State Championship had to fight cold weather and high winds in their effort to catch a stringer of crappie. On Sunday, the final day winds were blowing […]

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Yamaha Boating & Fishing Tips

Lost Fish Can Be Attributed To Rod Selection

Yamaha Pro Todd Faircloth Matches Rod Actions to Specific Lures. Among his contemporaries in professional bass fishing, Todd Faircloth rates as one of the most consistent anglers in the sport, regularly finishing well and always […]

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Fishing Tips

Northland RZ JIG

Always let jig hit bottom before you start your retrieve. Remember, fish generally hit a jig on the fall! The RZ JIG® is the most reliable, versatile artificial fishing lure on the market today! Jigs […]

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Top Fishing Headlines

LEVELING WITH THE FISH

There are lots of things an angler can do to put more fish in the boat, but I truly believe there are two things we need to do to consistently catch more fish. First, we’ve […]

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Catfish Fishing

Slinky Weights

Here’s a quick overlook of my slinky weights. I use these for catfish and bluegill, rod-and-reel and handline fishing. Here’s where I buy the nylon sleeving. Get the 3/8 inch or the 1/2 inch. Even […]

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Yamaha Boating & Fishing Tips

How to Clean Striped Bass Like a Pro

Make this great gamefish into great table fare. Striped bass are the most sought after gamefish on the East Coast. So many anglers fish for them, especially during the spring and fall migrations from their […]

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Catfish Fishing

MISSISSIPPI RIVER BLUE CATFISH

The big river is flooded right now. That means changes in the structure.  It does not mean the big blue catfish will not be still there when the river goes down. Although catfish are at […]

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Catfish Fishing

Why we catfish

Robert Montgomery has written an excellent book named, “Why We Fish.” He never found a single answer to the question, but many. Taking his lead I ask several catfishers what the easy part was, what […]

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Yamaha Boating & Fishing Tips

Here’s The Skinny on Jack Plates

If you run any kind of skiff or bass boat in shallow water, consider this column a must-read. Electro-hydraulic jack plates are add-on brackets that provide two more adjustability dimensions to your outboard engine trim: […]

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Walleye Fishing

TAKE-AWAYS

I’m sure of it: My open water fishing season for 2015 is over. It’s sleeting outside and the boat has been retired for the season. When the boat gets put away, I like to reflect […]

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Walleye Fishing

Six Tips To Catch More Walleye

Among the differences between Rapala® pro anglers and recreational anglers is a depth of experience that enables the pros to avoid making — and repeating — common mistakes on the water. Here’s six unforced errors […]

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Panfish Fishing

Bladed Jigs for Fall Crappie

If your crappie tackle box doesn’t have bladed jigs, like the Road Runner Original Marabou Jig and the Bass Pro Shops Tube Stump Jumper Jigs, you’re missing a serious slab-catching bait. The design of this […]

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Top Fishing Headlines

NORTHERN PIKE ON WALLEYE GEAR

It happened again recently. We had a great plan for catching fish and the fish just didn’t get with the program that we were presenting. We changed our program completely and caught’em: Caught’em good. Here […]

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Walleye Fishing

Fall Free for All

Fall patterns are starting to set up and for us walleye anglers that’s great news.  Sure you can catch fish late in the summer but fall means more; more biters, more action, and much more […]

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Top Fishing Headlines

River Walleyes In Fall – Try This!

Across the Midwest many anglers are putting their open water fishing gear away. Some are going hunting, others are getting ready to go ice-fishing. However, there are a good number of anglers that look forward […]