By Matt Lynch
Today anglers have numerous options to choose from for quality fish landing gear. I’ve had a number of these products over the years to use myself, namely nets. Each net I have tried has strong suits, and while I’m not going to bash any of the others, I have found my new go-to landing bag. The company that produces these fine landing implements is RS Nets of Fresno OH.
By Andrew Ragas
Clustered throughout northern Wisconsin’s wilderness landscape is the upper Midwest’s most extensive collection of inland freshwater lakes. From infertile rocky oligotrophic cold water lakes, to fertile habitat mesotrophic lakes, and heavily vegetated and nutrient-rich eutrophic waters, the northwoods has a lake type for all bass fishermen and their preferred styles of angling. (more…)
By Adam M. Glickman
Mayfly and other insect hatches are often thought of in a very negative manner by summertime fishermen who fail to produce good results when these forage abundances occur. Common thought is that fish gorge themselves on the heavy presence of insects and become too “full” to eat any more.
By Adam M. Glickman
For over 20 years now, those who utilize WI and MN waters have been exposed to the effects of aquatic invasive species, efforts to control them, and campaigns to make the public more aware of them. I would define the modern and commonly used term “invasive species” as certain species that would have not likely ended up in a specific environment if not for the influence of human beings.
By Adam M. Glickman
After a streak of very hot weather in Early June, air temperatures moderated and so did elevated water temperatures. As of 7-2-17, water temperatures were low compared to the same time in recent years prior. In many of the musky rivers I frequent, water had been holding steady at 69-70 F, and Action had been good. (more…)
By Adam M. Glickman
On many of our more pressured musky lakes, a common trend is that bass and walleye fishermen per capita end up taking more strikes from muskies than do those using traditional musky tactics. Of course, this begs the response that this is only because there are more bass and walleye fishermen out there so inevitably they would hook more muskies, but muskie tactics are still the most successful for taking strikes from muskies. This is why I used the words “per capita” in the opening sentence.
By Adam M. Glickman
Most of our gamefish resources in WI and MN are maintained by natural reproduction within their own water body. However, some of our most popular individual gamefish populations are maintained by stocking hatchery produced fish into certain designated environments. Learning to identify between stocked and wild gamefish resources is important for environmental, social, and economic reasons; but it is also important to anglers because stocked and wild members of the same species often behave very differently, even in similar environments. The most commonly stocked species in MN and WI are highly sought after species that have trouble naturally reproducing in many of our waters, but are capable of thriving once planted into biologically appropriate habitats. The 4 most popular most commonly stocked species in MN and WI are walleye, musky, trout, and salmon. (more…)
By Adam M. Glickman
The progression of spring has been very slow this year. Winter left early, but since then continual cold fronts have stalled out any real warming water trends. As early as the 2nd week of April, we were catching crappies out of 64 F water in lakes in southern MN. Yet, on the northern WI musky opener on the 27th of May, I was catching muskies in rivers that were 55-58 F. Even today (May 30th), as I write this, in southern MN it was cold and cloudy all day and the air temp. never made it out of the 50’s F. It has been an odd spring and I am not sure yet exactly what June will bring for weather and water conditions, though warming weather is in the forecast. (more…)
By Adam M. Glickman
I think that fishermen (whether they realize it or not) usually succeed or fail based on water temperature. I am forthcoming with this thought, and have made it known as often a I could.
By Adam M. Glickman
On April 10th I voted at the Wisconsin Spring Hearing on many fishing related questions. In regard to my interests, the most important question of the vote was number 39, which concerned implementing an annual musky tag which would require a tag to harvest a musky and limit the harvest to one musky per angler per year.