It never gets old, the sharp tick experienced when a river walleye inhales a leadhead jig dressed with a fathead minnow. I don’t know how many river walleyes I’ve had the good fortune of catching ...

Visit your nearby bait-and-tackle store, or roam the aisles of Bass Pro Shop, and you’ll be amazed at the variety of jig heads filling the peg boards. Some plain, but most painted in every color ...

Spring is here and open water is starting to appear all across the Midwest. For many anglers, that means it’s time to break open the jig box and head to their favorite walleye waters. Jigs tipped with ...

Hello folks, today is a great day. It's the first day we're able to get back out onto the (non-frozen) water - and boy did we ...

Alan Bland shows a Beaver Lake crappie he caught May 2 from the Pine Creek arm on the upstream end of the reservoir. The fish ...

The recent warm weather has anglers excited, and some of the most excited anglers are those who like to chase and catch walleyes. All across Walleye Country, anglers who enjoy catching walleyes are ...

DULUTH — When the News Tribune ran a story in March on how jigs are by far the No. 1 lure for the most world-record fish, it probably didn’t surprise any walleye anglers in Minnesota. The data from ...

Crappie and sunfish good on minnows, jigs, small lures and crankbaits at 4-10 ft. around docks, brush structure and coves moving up into the shallows. Largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass good on ...

CEDAR FALLS - Every now and then, somebody offers to grab my tackle bag when we're loading the boat for a day on the Mississippi River. Then, it's a grunt and a groan as they hoist it over the gunnel.