Turns: <a href=" This week Ivo gets a surprise phone call and drops what he was doing to go fish the shorelines for some ...

What are the best techniques to use for pike? Ask five veteran anglers that question and chances are, four of five will say live bait. You just can’t beat the real thing, espec­ially early in the ...

For each of those racy lures that line tackle-store shelves, there are a dozen plain, bare hooks on the next aisle. Glitzy hardware adds an element of challenge for those so inclined, but nothing ...

During this transitional time of year, it’s not uncommon for one day of lights-out action to be followed by a total skunking. Even traditional methods of predicting fish behavior like tracking fronts, ...

When you absolutely, positively have to catch a fish, live bait is the only way to go, period. While artificial lures are variously new, improved, or otherwise hyped worldwide, the lowly worm and its ...

Now there is an endless array to rig baits, both live and dead. Last week’s column addressed tactics for targeting trophy late-season Northern Pike in a pre-spawn phase, in which I almost always ...

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — It was easy to think weeks ago that the COVID-19 pandemic would certainly dwindle the number of people coming to the Alexandria area for the May 9 walleye and pike opener with the ...

FARGO — We are in the middle of another statewide shortage. It's not eggs or toilet paper. This time it is minnows. The next time many live wells at local bait shops are currently empty. "You can see ...

It’s always been the place to stop for dozens of nightcrawlers on the way up to Canada. Maybe your stop at Fisherman’s Corner in Pike Lake means shiner minnows, or a new rifle, or a chance to ogle ...