Jeff Knapp News & Tips

News & Tips: Suspending Jerkbaits for Winter River Walleyes...
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Suspending Jerkbaits for Winter River Walleyes

Suspending jerkbaits like Rapala's X-Rap, XCalibur's Xs4 Stickbait, Lucky Craft's Pointer and Bomber's Suspending Pro…
News & Tips: Cattin' Around, Early Winter Style
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Cattin' Around, Early Winter Style

Anglers that view the flathead catfish as a worthy adversary, but one best pursued on dark, steamy, mid-summer nights…
News & Tips: Use a Tube Jig on a Drop Shot Rig for Late Fall Fishing...
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Use a Tube Jig on a Drop Shot Rig for Late Fall Fishing

The arrival of December serves as a reminder that open water fishing opportunities are coming to a close, at least in…
News & Tips: Patience During Late Fall Fishing
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Patience During Late Fall Fishing

The subject line of my buddy Dave Lehman’s email read, “It pays to be patient,” a message that summed up the events of…
News & Tips: Non-traditional Soft Baits Catch Fall River Walleyes...
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Non-traditional Soft Baits Catch Fall River Walleyes

My partner Tom Ference flipped his crawfish-imitating soft plastic jig into a quiet, bank-side pool of the Allegheny…
News & Tips: Walleye Lessons from the South
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Walleye Lessons from the South

When the Professional Walleye Trail headed south a dozen years ago, it's likely a few eyebrows were raised on logo-…
News & Tips: Hookset Strategies
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Hookset Strategies

Doug Cummings with a bass. As a guide who works a shallow, free-flowing river, I find myself using my peripheral…
News & Tips: Thrill of Finding New Woodcock Cover
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Thrill of Finding New Woodcock Cover

Among the many joys of hunting upland birds is the chance, necessity really, to seek out new covers. While it's…
News & Tips: Tube Jigs for River Walleyes
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Tube Jigs for River Walleyes

Tube jigs are typically thought of as bass baits: smallmouths off of rock piles; largemouths from underneath docks. But…
News & Tips: Wild Minnows for Wild Fall Fishing
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Wild Minnows for Wild Fall Fishing

Come fall, indigenous species of minnows trapped from local creeks, found within the same watershed being fished, are…
News & Tips: River Walleyes in Transition
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River Walleyes in Transition

Throughout much of the walleyes' home range, river systems provide a significant though somewhat polarized angling…
News & Tips: Deep-to-Shallow Crankbaits
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Deep-to-Shallow Crankbaits

When the bass bite starts to cool down in autumn's chilling waters, the answer is often right behind you. Fishing…