Category: Columns
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Figureight Musky Gear and RS Nets Has Your Next Catch In The Bag
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…
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Wisconsin and Minnesota Honest Musky Fishing Report, July 2017
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,…
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Wisconsin and Minnesota Honest Musky Fishing Report, June 2017
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…
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Spring Warming Water Trends and Fishing Success
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.
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Muskies at the 2017 Wisconsin Conservation Congress Spring Hearing
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…
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Iowa Fishing in April
It is 10:40 PM Thursday 3-30-17 as I write these words. Tomorrow I am going to Iowa for the weekend to fish muskies and possibly some walleye and panfish. I would like to write a more extensive “how to” article, but I have put all my time into the preceding regulations article, I am tired,…
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Bluegills: The Gateway Species
Dr. Jason Halfen – The Technological Angler Ice fishing’s essential targets – bluegills – prove perfect for both introducing anglers to the sport and mastering your game.
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Horizontal Options for Hardwater Success
Dr. Jason Halfen CONTRIBUTED STORY – Open water anglers have long recognized the importance of a two-pronged approach to mobility. First, we burn untold gallons of gasoline motoring around the lake in search of active fish. Then, once we find evidence of our quarry, we churn the water to a fine froth with both vertical…
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St. Croix Mojo Cat Rods
By Matt Lynch St Croix rods has long been a golden standard by which other factory built rods are compared. For the catfish anglers, originally the glass muskie rods provided the tool for the job. Then back in the latter part of the 90s, we were introduced to the St Croix Classic Cat series of…
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Early-Season Jerkbait Bass
By Steve Pennaz This past February, on a bitter cold morning better suited for hot coffee and a roaring fire, I met Elite BASS Pro Chad Grigsby at a just-opened Perkins to outline our plans for taping an episode of “Lake Commandos.”