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Think back to one of your last trips to or from your favorite lake. Maybe the boater ahead of you wasn't prepared. Or maybe it was you who slowed down the loading and launching process and others didn't appreciate it...
There is a lady I know that will sit in the boat with her husband for hours on end and read or suntan. He always buys the combo platter resident fishing license just in case you know what freezes over and she might want to fish...
Most hunters are aware of bird bands. Those most familiar are the metallic leg bands on ducks and geese. To a lesser extent, the same is true for fish, except that fish captured for research projects typically have some type of tag attached instead of a band. The tags carry the same...
I check quite a few lake maps. Im looking like everyone else for the fabled less water, more fish, kinda fish lakes. Most maps have the...
The adrenaline of a hot fishing bite can warm you up, or at least divert your attention from the cold for awhile...
My daughter has in her hands a nine foot five weight for the first time ever. She is twelve. We're on the Iron River in northern Wisconsin trout fishing. I'm offering many pertinent points on how to fly fish. “Dad I got it” . She does not want any more pointers from me for the rest of today...
Archery fishing hunting, more commonly known as bowfishing is just one of many fun sports used in the bow hunting world. This normally starts in early spring and continues through out the summer months. Some of your best times are during the warm spring days when the rough fish (carp, dogfish, gar and alligator gar fish or any fish not considered to be game fish) are starting to spawn...
Have you ever wondered what the big deal is about using a drop shot rig? Is it that significant? Is it just another fad that people will talk about for awhile? You don’t have to wonder any more .It is a great and effective way to fish for many fish not just Bass...
Our very own, JustNorth author, Trout Whisperer, was recently featured in the Duluth News Tribune...
Before you spend the last precious days/weeks of summer moping around, grousing about time slipping through your fingers, here's a few tips to help people with even the most harried schedules squeeze in a few more casts or other outdoor activities as August rolls on...
Its underwater lunges, after no fish all day, is pure adrenaline to my body. In typical fashion I start to shake and vibrate. Dave just grabs the net. The drag is rip singing and I ask Dave if he wants the rod. He says “no way it’s your fish”. I'm mentally hoping this isn’t the last or only fish today...
There are debates over whether GPS marking units and the latest sonar gill-seeking, laser-guided fish finders have crossed the line, but I try not to get into that. Those who think that modern-day angling is akin to ... catching fish in a barrel, probably haven’t fished lately?
I have fishing line right now looped all over, through and around one of these $49.95 engineering marvels. The store calls it a fishing reel. I’m going to rename this, the stupid knot maker...