When I think about March, ice fishing is the first thing that comes to mind. Since the early 2000’s I have spent more days on the ice through this month than doing anything else, taking advantage of the weather and the excellent fishing opportunities. Many of my biggest walleye, pike, […]
Jeff Gustafson – Livewell
Competitive bass fishing is a crazy activity or sport, however you want to look at it. The highs are so high and the lows are so low, it’s really a roller coaster. When I started competing at the pro level in 2013 I was star struck to be competing against […]
As this seemingly never-ending, brutal pandemic continues to wreak havoc on all of us, there has been one bright side for the fishing community in that more people than ever before are going fishing. Over the past several months there have been a bunch of different states and provinces who […]
The 2021 Bassmaster Elite Series season kicked off over the weekend and for the third year in a row the season started at the St. John’s River in Florida. When the schedule for 2021 was released back in the fall and it was announced that we were going back to […]
After the shortest offseason that I’ve experienced in my tournament fishing career, the 2021 Bassmaster Elite Series season starts this week at the St. John’s River in Florida. The 2020 season wrapped up in early November in Texas so it was a quick turnaround to get ready for the new […]
When electric power augers first came on to the ice fishing scene around ten years ago, they were heavy, slow and didn’t have the endurance to drill more than a few holes. Good for the person who was only looking to drill out a few holes in a shelter but […]
Most of the time when I write this column you’re not going to get a preachy point of view out of me. We’re all fortunate that in the fishing community, times have changed from only a few decades ago and the majority of anglers out there practice catch and release, […]
Growing up in Kenora and around Lake of the Woods, known as one of the top walleye fisheries in the World, you would have never been caught dead keeping a perch. I have told that story several times in recent years as perch on the big lake and across Northwest […]
When we turn the calendar over to 2021 later this week it will be reason for all of us to have some kind of renewed optimism I hope. After what has been a tough year for everybody, hopefully the end of the pandemic is in sight and we start to […]
Early last week the fishing community lost a legendary angler and communicator when Ron Lindner passed away at his home in Brainerd, MN at the age of 86. Those of you who are long time fishing fans probably know that Lindner, along with his brother Al, started the In-Fisherman empire […]
While we’re still waiting on the bigger bodies of water to freeze over across Northwest Ontario, most of the smaller lakes are now covered with a layer of ice that will remain until April. I have not been fishing yet because I’m still spending some of my free time hunting […]
A few weeks back while I was still in the U.S. I had a few days to kill in Texas before our final tournament of the season. I went and spent a few days at Ray Roberts Lake, which is the site of the 2021 Bassmaster Classic. I figured scouting […]
