Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

DIFFERENT THINGS

As most of us know, we go fishing for different reasons.  Some anglers go fishing to catch some bass, others go in hopes of catching a musky.  Bass anglers generally catch more bass than musky […]

Fishing Tips

IOWA DNR – Perch, What Do I Need?

Perch fishing does not require a wide or expensive collection of fishing gear. Most anglers use basic rod-reel combinations, although light tackle is the most popular. Use a somewhat stiffer 6 to 6 1/2 foot […]

Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

Stay away!

Recently I was fortunate to get in on a couple of really good ice bites.  One bite was on Big Stone Lake for perch and big bluegills.  The other was on Upper Red Lake for […]

Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

SPREAD OUT FOR PERCH

In-line planer boards are a very effective tool for catching walleyes and trout. In recent years some anglers have been employing boards to catch a variety of other species of fish.  On a recent trip […]

Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

ICING PERCH

In some areas of the Midwest, certain fishing seasons are getting ready to close, and in some areas they’ve already closed.  The closed season mostly affects walleye and northern pike anglers, and again, that’s only […]

Top Fishing Headlines

Plan You Ice Fishing Vacation To Saskatchewan

The province of Saskatchewan, with its thousands of lakes and rivers, is located directly within the center of North America’s premier ice fishing destinations.  With large fish, plentiful stocks and ice for nearly six months […]

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Ice Fishing

Northland IMPULSE MINI SMELT

What makes tiny live minnows so appealing to platter-sized crappies, perch and sunfish? Is it the lively action? Alluring colors? Soft texture, you ask? How about appetizing scent and flavor? If you answered all the […]

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Ice Fishing

Northland WHISTLER SPOON

The WHISTLER® SPOON is forged from solid brass and features a CutSlab™ Macho Minnow® body that erratically tumbles and flashes on the fall. Hollow brass beads clack, clang & clatter while a sonic whistling prop […]

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Ice Fishing

7 Ways to catch more panfish

Ice expert Bob Bohland offers practical tips that will help you catch more big bluegills, crappies and perch. Bob Bohland spends two-thirds of the year waiting for the ice to return, and when the ice […]

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Ice Fishing

Devils Lake ‘Walking-Out’ Ice Ready!

The Devil’s Lake Dept Of Tourism Announcement. “It’s walking-out ice already,” said long-time resort owner Kyle Blanchfield a few days ago. “We’ll definitely be ice fishing by Thanksgiving!” The Devils Lake bays froze early, and […]

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Top Fishing Headlines

FALL FISHING SMORGASBORD

My recent fishing trips have reminded me of how productive fall fishing can be, and they have also reminded me of how active so many species of fish can be this time of year. In […]

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Fishing Tips

Catch’em When They Don’t Bite

I was on Kabetogama Lake in northern Minnesota a few days ago.  Kab is a world-class walleye fishery, and is also really good for perch, crappies, northern pike, and smallmouth bass.  We caught a good […]

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Ice Fishing

Maki’s New Mino Head

Maki’s New Mino Head is made with Maki’s amazing soft material and carefully hand poured, it looks more like a real minnow head than a real minnow head does. It stays on the hook. The […]

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Top Fishing Headlines

Ice Angler Nabs Idaho State Record Perch

Reported by the Billings Gazzette: Luke Spaete didn’t win Tackle Tom’s ice fishing derby at Lake Cascade, but he got a pretty good consolation prize — the new state record perch. Spaete’s fish weighed 2 […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Valentine Lake: Habitat Success Story

1st Reported by “The Town Talk.com”: What Valentine Lake lacks in size, it often makes up in the quality of its fishing. Biologists with the Calcasieu Ranger District are hoping the work they’re doing this […]

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Ice Fishing

Lake of the Woods Ice Team Trip

Nice read from LeisureOutdoorAdventures.com (link to full story at end): I just returned home from an Ice Team give-a-way fishing trip that was given away at the St. Paul Ice Show.  Fellow Ice Team member […]

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Ice Fishing

And So It Begins

D & B Ice Adventures: For our area, this is early ice. The last few days people had made safe trips out on the hardwater across the state and it was killing me to be […]

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Ice Fishing

Maximize Your Panfish Bite

The depth finder reveals a pair of big crappies under the hole. Anxious to get the bait back down there, you let the spoon fall right to them…and they disappear. It happens all the time. […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

PRO’s Soft Bait Fishing Glue

Let’s face it, no one, single adhesive does it all, but PRO’s Soft Bait Fishing Glue shines above the rest for almost any task – whether fishing, boating, rod repair/building, or lure designing. PRO’s Soft […]

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Fishing Tips

Switching It Up

Most of the posts lately have been about panfish so it made sense to try something different. A buddy of mine who I don’t get much on the water time with had a day off […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Man Wants Public Fishing Spot

I first met Silas Sconiers on Sept. 10 at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore’s Park Training Room. Members of the Miller, Porter County and Diana chapters of the Izaak Walton League of America, Perch America, Northwest […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Autumn At Leech Lake

I was on a two day fishing trip on Leech Lake in north central Minnesota in late September. Leech Lake is one of the Midwest’s most diverse fisheries.  It hosts great populations of walleyes, perch, […]

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Ice Fishing

NYS Ice Pro-Am Tournament Series

This year’s events are looking to be epic!! The IPA will once again be one of, if not the most sponsored ice fishing series in the country! After seeing how successfully run last year’s events […]

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Ice Fishing

PK Spoons New Colors

Check out the new PK Spoon patterns! We have Blue Gill Glow, Red Tiger Glow, Bengal Tiger Glow, Red Glow and Pink Pearl Glow! Find them at: http://www.pklures.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2. PK Jigging Spoons are the most dynamic […]

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Bass Fishing

Mueller Wins Eastern Divisional

Mueller Wins Eastern Divisional By Pursuing Largemouth. Paul Mueller really didn’t want to fish for largemouth on Maine’s Sebago Lake. It’s not his strength. He’s much better at targeting smallmouth.  But largemouth paid off for […]