5 Benefits of Using Circle Hooks When Practicing Catch and Release
Because circle hooks help to significantly increase fish survival rates when practicing catch and release, they have been incorporated into live bait regulations for many states. The difference between a circle hook and a J-hook is that the circle...
5 Tips for a Successful Ice Fishing Season
For most northern anglers, we all know what is coming, the dreaded cold, the massive amounts of snow, and about 2 feet of ice on our lakes. Our boats get put away along with our long open water rods...
How Weather Affects Ice Fishing
Winter has settled into Wisconsin and the Midwest for going on two months. It’s been a tough winter with about average snowfall, but temperatures have been way below normal with Arctic blasts coming through the state every week. The...
Low and Slow for Big Spring Pike
Springtime is by far my most favorite time of the year to fish. You get to go outside after being cooped up for months, use a normal sized fishing rod, and catch some of the biggest fish of the...
Top 5 Lures to Catch More Crappie
Crappie have quickly become my favorite species of fish to target pretty much every time I hit the ice or the open water. The challenge of chasing down a school of crappie is a thrill to me. There’s a...