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The spring runs of walleye have needed some rain to encourage the fish to race from Lake Erie to their spawning areas in the ...

Illinois' spring trout season opening Saturday, April 5, and smallmouth bass and coho going on the Chicago lakefront lead ...

The midweek warm up should really stimulate the crappie to blitz toward shallow to mid range depths and begin spawning.

then switched to jigs and live bait rigs. Catching remained slow. At day’s end our group gathered at the cabin where we were staying and reminisced about our most recent walleye opener.

Hair jigs produced steelhead while fished under a float. A few walleye were caught off the pier head at dusk by anglers casting bandits and deep diving body baits. The steelhead fishing was ...

The smiley slow death rig is a winning way to put a whirring blade and a spinning bait together for summertime trolling success when it comes to walleyes. Simonson Photo. Many walleye rigs add the ...

Likewise, dragging a finesse jig in 3 to 6 feet of water can be a great way to bed fish for spotted bass along rock walls, sandy points, and sea walls. A Ned rig is another great bait for ...

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Of course, depending on where you live, you might be entering one of the most exciting times of year for bass fishing… the prespawn. In bass fishing, prespawn refers to the time of year, typically ...

Still a lot of Bass being caught using Forward Facing Sonar, but there have been some solid fish biting a small pig & jig combo (Green ... like shakey heads and ned rigs. Fishing conditions ...