Jeff Knapp News & Tips

News & Tips: Throw Soft Stick Baits for More Springtime Bass...
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Throw Soft Stick Baits for More Springtime Bass

The subtle look of a soft stick bait like the Yamamoto Senko seems to be particularly appealing during springtime, when…
News & Tips: Break Tradition With Lipless Crankbaits for Warm Water Walleyes...
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Break Tradition With Lipless Crankbaits for Warm Water Walleyes

Traditionally thought of as a mainstream bass lure, in select situations the lipless crankbait is effective in…
News & Tips: Fish River Tailouts for Warm Weather Walleyes...
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Fish River Tailouts for Warm Weather Walleyes

Walleyes are river fish. Some of the best fishing for marble-eyes happens on river systems, particularly during the…
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Rapala Husky Jerk Smart Choice for River Fishing

I'm old enough to remember when there wasn't such a thing as a suspending jerkbait, at least not a commercially made…
News & Tips: Tips for Using a Wading Staff
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Tips for Using a Wading Staff

As I mentioned a couple months ago, this would be the year I would break down and use a wading staff. Though any…
News & Tips: Why I Finally Started Using Strike Indicators...
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Why I Finally Started Using Strike Indicators

When high water, combined with flowing ice, prevented me from running the Allegheny River for smallmouht bass, I…
News & Tips: How to Make Sauger Your Bonus Walleye Catch...
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How to Make Sauger Your Bonus Walleye Catch

Like its big cousin, the walleye, saugers provide a dependable early spring bite in many systems. There are tips and…
News & Tips: Wild Rainbow Trout Eases in Fishing Season...
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Wild Rainbow Trout Eases in Fishing Season

Long bank sections of the mountain stream where heavily lined with piles of ice, the frozen reminders of a severe…
News & Tips: Fly Fishing Tip: The Dependable Wooly Bugger...
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Fly Fishing Tip: The Dependable Wooly Bugger

To the fly fisher, the wooly bugger is the equivalent of the jig to the spin fisherman. Each would be in about 99…
News & Tips: Lead Core Line for Ice-out Walleyes
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Lead Core Line for Ice-out Walleyes

It looks like winter is gradually releasing its icy grip on northwest Pennsylvania following a rather brutal past few…
News & Tips: Bar Hopping for Walleyes
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Bar Hopping for Walleyes

Rock bars and sandbar, typically formed where a feeder creek joins a medium- to large-sized river, draw walleyes year '…
News & Tips: Drop Shot Rigs for River Walleyes
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Drop Shot Rigs for River Walleyes

Though lead head jigs excel when fishing for river walleyes, expert angler Keith Eshbaugh has found a niche for the…