Tag Archives: fishing technique

We have open water early this spring.  I know, everyone has the fever and cannot wait to hit the water and catch some fish. . . . Then they find out that the water is still darned cold, the weather is erratic and catching fish right now ain’t easy.  In my opinion, early spring is the most challenging fishing of the entire year. I have blogged often about some early spring strategies, so I am not going to repeat that …

I love suspending jerkbaits.  If you look in my tackle boxes you will see those baits in a variety of sizes and colors, a lot of them.  They are a very effective bait for a variety of species.  They are also a very good bait when the water is cold.  I fish them a lot in fall, right through late fall, and again in spring, early spring. If there is one thing I have learned from years of fishing, it …

I have been ice-fishing for a lot of years now.  I shocked someone last week when I told them I do NOT own any kind of ice-fishing shelter.  That got me thinking about the way I do things on ice; let me share that with you, tell you why I do what I do, and also tell you what some of the limitations are to my system. I do not have anything against ice-fishing shelters other than the fact that …