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The toughest part of fishing for all anglers is locating the fish as a very small percentage of the water in the lake actually holds fish.

There are numerous was to find the fish, unfortunately, most of these take a lot of time and we all know that there’s never enough time to go fishing.

One method to help you to locate the fish and to catch the more aggressive fish would be to use crankbaits.

What exactly is a crankbait, well, it’s a bait that needs to be trolled behind a boat or cast and retrieved, as this is how the vibrating side rocking action is put into the lure.

The action of the bait depends on the bill or lip of the bait, the large the bill, the deeper the bait will dive.

There are numerous versions of when it comes to crankbaits, there’s the floating, sinking as well as the suspending baits.

Crankbaits come in several sizes with the size 5 and 7 being the most popular.

The come in every color imaginable, natural to almost bizarre colors, some are jointed while others aren’t.

A few of those that I carry in my bait box include0 Shadling, Shad Rap, Thunderstick and the Flicker Shad.… Continue reading

When we headed north for Devils Lake in mid-central North Dakota, we had no idea as to what we were in for.

It could be three days of good weather, poor fishing or poor weather and good fishing.

As anyone who does an outdoor television series can tell you, it’s not very often that you expect it to be excellent weather and great fishing.

Well, that’s the way it happened last week when Team member Scott Ulrich and I along with cameraman Kyle Nickolite made the trip north to the big lake.

When I say big lake, I mean big lake, as Devils Lake is 177,100 surface acres, covering about 208 square miles and growing.

Not good for the landowners in the area, but great for anglers as it creates miles of new water for us to fish and structure beyond belief as there are flooded roads, railroad tracks and acre upon acre of flooded vegetation.

We met up with our guides the folks from Perch-Eyes Guide Service www.percheyes.com around 2:30 that afternoon and were on the water by 3:30 looking for areas where the wind was pounding into the flooded vegetation.

Since the lake is so clear, the fish were attracted to the mudlines and the warmer water temperatures in those areas.

The plan was to pitch Lindy Shadling crankbaits and X-change jigs up into the shallows of these areas, hoping to entice the fish to bite and bite they did!… Continue reading

Here we go again, we’re heading into the fall, where has our summer gone?

It’s that time of the year, the time our kids are heading back to school. As the temperatures decrease, water temperatures will start to cool and fishing will pick up.

With all of these things happening: you can bet it won’t be long before the good fall fishing season is here.

With the water temperatures declining, all species of fish will really start to feed heavily.

When fishing in the fall, it’s a good idea to use larger live bait.

During the fall, fish are on a mission, trying to fatten up before the freeze up.  Chubs and larger minnows seem to attract the larger fish, out producing the smaller baits.

In the rivers, you’ll find the walleye, sauger and smallmouth moving shallow to clean up any remaining baitfish or the crawfish that have survived the summer.

In our lakes, bluegills, crappies, largemouth bass and pike will move into and along the edge of the weeds, picking off insects and of course each other.

Lake walleyes will now be found spread out over the mud flats or cruising the weeds looking for a late season snacks.… Continue reading

As spring makes the turns towards summer, water temps will start to warm up with all species of fish becoming more active.

The shallower dark bottomed bays will warm up first, allowing shallow weed growth to blossom.

In many of the smaller lakes and ponds, this heavy vegetation can make it almost impossible to fish.

If you’re planning on doing much fishing during the heat of the summer, you best learn to fish the weeds or you’ll be spending a lot of your time on the deeper lakes or reservoirs or one the dingier bodies of water where weed growth Is minimal.

In this article we’ll talk about several ways that the summer angler can productively fish in the weeds.

There are all types of aquatic weed grow found in the upper Midwest and depending on the body of water that you’re fishing, they’ll appear and die back at different times.

In the ponds, lakes and streams that are shallower or clearer, weed growth occurs much earlier and will be heavier than those found in areas with the dirtier more turbid water.… Continue reading