The water was muddied and cold, and the wind drove each raindrop into our cheeks like so many pin-stabs. Conditions were awful on the Mississippi River near Red Wing, but we were determined to catch ...

Bass throughout the country can’t pass on a high-protein meal like a crawfish. Craw jigs are especially effective on ...

Move over jig-and-minnow, Sonars and Mister Twisters — a new breed of plastic lures is joining you in the waters of the Mississippi River, and in walleyes’ mouths. The new kind is longer, more wiggly, ...

Jon Conklin, fishing guide from Goshen, said brood minnows or live shad are the best baits. Stripers are scattered on the northern one-third of the lake from Point 9 to Beaver Dam. Locate schools of ...

Today we have a special night time fishing for walleye episode. We were on the verge of a weather front moving in, so we quickly geared up and headed out into the rainy night. Because it's night, it ...

Visit your nearby bait-and-tackle store, or roam the aisles of Bass Pro Shop, and you’ll be amazed at the variety of jig heads filling the peg boards. Some plain, but most painted in every color ...

Striped bass are going for live bait. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, recommends trolling for stripers between Prairie Creek and Rocky Branch parks. Shad or brood minnows are the best bait. Look for ...

Beginning Aug. 1, Minnesota anglers will be able to catch walleye and use live bait while fishing on Mille Lacs Lake. A walleye fishing closure and restriction on live bait was put into place on the ...

Will Isaacson opened Walleye Willy’s Bait & Tackle in Stillwater in December. He joins in studio alongside his son, Willy, who is the assistant manager of the bait shop. Will shares details for the ...

Anglers targeting walleye this past week were having good results in several areas of Michigan. There were seven spots that stood out. “Walleye fishing was excellent with many anglers getting limit ...