Using soft plastics to catch walleyes is not a new tactic nor is it a topic that hasn’t been well covered in the fishing media in recent years. The reason for all of the chatter is that soft plastics today, with their realistic shapes, colours and scents, put fish in […]
Jeff Gustafson – Livewell
Earlier this week while I was out working in my yard I noticed a couple of flying ants crawling around. When I see a flying ant the first thing I think of is lake trout. Or more specifically, the lake trout fishing is probably really good right now. I learned […]
If you are a bass angler you have likely heard of or fished with the “Ned Rig” over the past few years. It is the simplest, stupidest looking fishing bait you have ever seen but for bass and most species of fish across the Sunset Country Region, it is probably […]
The third Saturday in May is a date that all walleye anglers mark on the calendar because it marks the opening day of a new walleye season in Northwest Ontario. As a kid, my Dad always planned an outing on this day. We usually went to Tranquil Channel on Lake […]
Stop number five of the Bassmaster Elite Series season took place this past weekend at legendary Lake Fork in Texas. If you saw last week’s column you read a little about the history of this popular bass fishery on the outskirts of Dallas. It is the gem of bass fishing […]
After a nice little stint at home I am back down south for the next stop on the Bassmaster Elite Series taking place this week at Lake Fork in Texas. If you are a fan of bass fishing you have likely heard of Lake Fork before. It is the shining […]
After a long winter the run of warm weather over the past week has been a welcome relief for everybody I think. While we’re still likely a couple of weeks from full ice-out, we’re getting there. My plan was to do some ice fishing over the past weekend, try to […]
Throughout my tournament fishing career in the U.S., I have fished a few tournaments on tidal waters along the east coast and my results have not been very good. These rivers that flow into the Atlantic Ocean like the Potomac in Maryland, the St. Johns in Florida and the ones […]
The third stop of the Bassmaster Elite Series season took place this past weekend at Lake Hartwell, South Carolina, a lake that I had some good history on. Several of the spots that produced fish for me on past visits were good again to help me get my season back […]
The Bassmaster Elite Series season continues this week in South Carolina at Lake Hartwell. Hartwell is a large reservoir with plenty of deep, clear water and a good population of spotted and largemouth bass. With the continued winter weather at home I will say it’s nice to be back in […]
The nice weather over the weekend was welcome relief from the extended winter we’ve been experiencing right across Sunset Country for the past couple of weeks. I spent a few days fishing over the weekend, getting in my last kick at the ice before I head back down south this […]
This past weekend found me in Knoxville, Tenn., site of the 2019 Bassmaster Classic tournament on the Tennessee River. The “Classic” is the most prestigious bass-fishing tournament in the world, with 50 of the top anglers from the Bassmaster Elite Series and Bassmaster Opens tournaments competing for a $300,000 first-place […]
