1. Go to the Breaks: Always look to the steep breaks on humps and points when looking for walleyes. Walleyes will hold to these in the late summer and fall more so than any other time of year, as baitfish fall into the basin, walleyes can hunt for them with less effort if they have a [...]
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Families Fishing for Walleye on Cass Lake and Lake Bemidji in Minnesota
The past couple of guide trips for me have been family focused! The first two pictures here are from a father and son from Colorado on Cass Lake. We were using Northland Fishing Tackle's Baitfish-Image Spinner in Alewive White and Cisco Purple, size #4, with leeches and crawlers. I took the guys in the last [...]
Northland Fishing Tackle Open Water Walleye, Perch, Crappie, Bluegill, and Northern Pike
Located in Bemidji, Minnesota, Northland Fishing Tackle has been one of my best sponsors in my fishing career. At ICAST this year, Northland released their new media kids for 2010. Along with great new products, they featured some awesome photography. Here are the pictures of me from their Open Water press kit.Among the lures used [...]
Northland Fishing Tackle: Is It Real, or Is It Live-Forage
The scientific concept of “cloning” says it’s possible to borrow the best traits from one animal to create its picture perfect twin. Webster’s Dictionary defines replica as an “exact reproduction or copy, with all the fine details.” Applied to fishing lures, cloning and replicating are revolutionary…and now a reality. Using advanced Digital-Imaging Technology (DIT), Northland® [...]
Oil-Free Tarpon, St. George Sound
After my last trip to St. George Sound, I was pretty discouraged. Work crews were placing booms all over as a precaution to potential oil and the tarpon were few and far between. What a difference a new month makes! Yesterday Rocky Gavins was my guest aboard Fin-esse and we had an outstanding day on [...]
Lake Tohopekaliga: Great Florida Fishing Destination
The big big-bass lake of central Florida, Lake Tohopekaliga, a 18,800-acre body of water, is also known for the number of skilled anglers that descend on the lake during the Bassmaster Classic, or the Super Bowl of pro tournament fishing. The storms that tend to sweep over this lake account for the origin of its [...]
Lake Seminole: Great Florida Fishing Destination
Florida's shallow-water bass factory, Lake Seminole was created in 1947 upon the completion of the Jim Woodruff Dam on the Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers, spanning the border between Florida and Georgia. (Photo from FishingPoints.com) With a lake-wide shallow depth, as well as a great deal of structure, islands, and timber, the lake is a productive [...]
Lake Kissimmee: Great Florida Fishing Destination
Orlando's big bass lake, Lake Kissimmee, despite its size (second largest lake in Florida) and central location, has remained a relatively well kept secret in Florida’s fervent bass fishing community. (Photo from Floridabassadventures.com) Even though it's close to a large population center, Lake Kissimmee manages to avoid large crowds, due in part to its over-shadowing [...]
Late May/Early June
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May 28,10 Leech Lake Fishing Report
LEECH LAKE MAY 26, 10 Walleye REPORT: Warmer weather has brought the shiners into the shallows, main lake pts in the north&east bays from Steamboat to Portage & Boy Bay. Southshore Whippholt area shiners & last yrs perch hatch is in & the walleyes are following. Wind swept points are key, [...]
