Category: Articles
-
The Other Lepomis
By Kenny Lookingbill Bluegills are one of the most popular fish among anglers in the United States. Many times, they are an angler’s first catch. They are known for their spirit and spunk, being a dependable fish to catch when other fishing slows down, and great for the frying pan. But there are other lepomis…
-
Southern Reservoir Dragons
By Cory Allen In the musky waters surrounding Rock Island State Park in middle Tennessee, I not only get to fish southern dragons year around, but the system itself has several interconnected but distinctive fisheries within just a short trailer ride between one another, but virtually impossible to reach via water. On any given trip,…
-
Introduction to Tennessee Muskies
By Cory Allen Since the beginnings of charted exploration, cartographers were given accounts of fierce creatures prowling the waters just beyond the edges of the map. To the Greeks, it was Scylla and Charybdis, the guardians of the Bosporus. To the Norse, the doom of countless ships that left calm shores never to return had…
-
Brent Chapman’s 2013 LazerTrokar Wrap
Denver, Colorado – How do you improve on arguably what was the best fishing season ever? The answer is, nobody really knows, but 2012 Elite Series AOY Brent Chapman is going to start by looking better. No, we aren’t talking about a new flat top haircut like his buddy Randy Howell, a Ducky Dynasty style…
-
Late Fall Nighttime Crappies
By: Kenny Lookingbill – Date Posted: October, 2010 It’s been two years since that very cold mid-November day of autumn 2008. I recall fishing the Du Page River in Chicago’s western suburbs. We caught some quality rock bass and smallmouth bass. As our daylight was dwindling in late afternoon, we left for a dinner break…
-
Silver Magic: Cisco Spawn Muskies
By: Adam M. Glickman For most anglers, late November in Wisconsin and Minnesota looks like a bleak time. Summer is long since gone and winter is right around the corner. To the untrained eye, it looks like both the land and water is locking down and closing up shop. However, nothing could be further from…
-
Muskie Suckers For History
By: Adam M. Glickman Years of live bait fishing for muskies has led me to one of the few truths in all of musky fishing: Muskies are genetically predetermined to love white suckers. The response of muskies towards white suckers is uncanny. That includes muskies that are extremely pressured or perhaps have seen very few…
-
How to Train Your Dragon: Teaching Old Muskies New Tricks
By: Cory Allen Participating in a sport that is inherently conducted mostly on a battlefield of perception, interpretation, and imagination fathoms below our fiberglass footing. Few are the occasions when the gap between angler and adversary is bridged to the level where they can not only go toe-to-toe, but meet eye-to-eye before locking horns. In…
-
Muskie Catch & Release Procedures
By: Andrew Ragas – Date Posted: September 1, 2012 Every once in a while, I receive reader feedback pertaining to past stories, write-ups, video, and photos. One in particular, which was received earlier this morning, is my underwritten topic concerning the catch and release aspect of musky fishing. The procedure of a quick catch-photo-release and…
-
The Frontier of Small Watercraft
By: David Graham – Date Posted: September 1, 2012 East Texas and Oklahoma are home to some of the largest fish in North America. During the last six months I divided my time between a new job opportunity and pursuing some of these outstanding, rugged fish. Even before relocating to Texas I had begun pondering…