While there are lots of specialty fishing hooks available, a handful of select hook styles do the brunt of the work for…

Boat control is a critical success factor no matter which species you're chasing. Being able to maneuver a boat as well…

Quality boat seats can make a big difference when it comes to boating comfort. Anglers, hunters and pleasure boaters…

Soft-plastics are a major category of artificial lures. From tiny finesse worms to massive creatures, these squishy…

Soft plastic baits are confidence baits for many anglers. Yet if there's an Achilles heel to these phenomenal fish-…

I watched and waited. My line twitched once, then started to move. I had just skipped a purple tube under a long dock…

If there's an ace up my sleeve when it comes to trolling walleye, it's the Rapala Deep Tail Dancer. Simply put, this…

As ice recedes across the ice belt, shorelines and tributaries are the first areas that hold panfish promise. For many…

There are no hard-and-fast statistics on the subject, but I do know this: anglers spend a lot of time on their feet…

The feel of warm sun on recent outdoor adventures has me pining for some spring crappie adventures. During this time of…

Before you switch gears from ice to open-water, it's worth while to service, clean, and inventory gear before storing…

In many parts of the ice belt there's still lots of ice on lakes, but the end of the hard-water season is fast…