Author: Andrew

If you’re muskie fishing during spring and early summer, a standby piece of advice you’ve probably heard repeatedly and absorbed is that it’s necessary to downsize your baits in order to catch fish. During this season, as water temperatures remain cool and most common forage species are small in size, matching the hatch and fishing with smaller baits is most compatible with the early season feeding habits of muskies. Whatever the justification, downsizing by default is a common, wildly successful practice that is followed by many early season muskie anglers. (more…)

If you own a power steering bow mount trolling motor, its foot pedal is guaranteed to break at some point during the lifetime of your motor. But in contrast, foot pedals can be reliable to work providing that they are given proper care. (more…)

The spring fishing season and its weather inconsistencies often resembles the shape of a roller coaster that is full of inclines and declines. For instance, there are periods of warmth which lead to good fishing, periods of cold which lead to miserable fishing, and never a consistent happy medium that is somewhere in between that represents satisfactory fishing. Record the results in the form of a bar graph and you will see what I am talking about. (more…)