When my dad and I started bass fishing back in the early ’90s, we used one style of lure predominantly to catch our fish: crankbaits. Shallow-running, fat-bodied crankbaits do a great job of imitating fleeing crayfish, and they were our number-one lure choice when we started bass fishing. The first […]
Jeff Gustafson – Livewell
?When I was younger, during my last years of high school and my first few years of university, my friends and I always would fish open water until we couldn’t get a boat in anymore. We even broke ice on occasion to catch walleyes, crappies, pike, and bass. The reality […]
Another open-water fishing season is just about wrapped up for me. I know there’s still plenty of time left to get out on the water a few more times, and I most definitely will, but for the most part I’m pretty much done. I have one more TV segment left […]
For an angler, the best thing about living in Sunset Country is all the great multi-species fishing opportunities that exist across our region. It’s no secret that throughout much of the open water season, I have a lot of fun chasing bass around, but I also spend plenty of time […]
Another season of fishing tournaments wrapped up across Sunset Country this past weekend and anglers were greeted with yet another great weekend of weather! Bass tournaments took place in Sioux Narrows and Kenora, as did a walleye event on Rainy Lake.My buddy, Mike Reid, and I fished the Sioux Narrows […]
The annual Shoal Lake Last Chance bass tournament took place this past weekend and anglers could not have asked for nicer weather. Some 46 teams signed up for the tournament this year, about the usual turnout. Both largemouth and smallmouth bass were biting on the weekend and when it was […]
?After a one-year hiatus, the Crow Lake Classic took place again this past weekend in Nestor Falls. The original event ran for six years before taking a year off in 2010. But this past spring, Kiley Hanson grabbed the bull by the horns and got the ball rolling to make […]
The 15th-annual “Bassin’ For Bucks” tournament took place this past weekend out of Sioux Narrows on the southeast corner of Lake of the Woods. This tournament is the favourite for many local anglers of all the great events that take place each season across Sunset Country. There is a great […]
? Across Sunset Country, walleyes still get the most angler attention of any of the fish species that inhabit our lakes. Bass are right up there, though, with muskies continuing to gain popularity amongst area anglers. We are definitely getting lucky this week with the weather, extending the summer a […]
