Learn how to rig, deploy, and catch fish with a downrigger for consistent success targeting trout, salmon, walleye or any other deep water fish. This gives you the basic idea of a downrigger set up.

Lindy or walking sinkers are often used when drifting or trolling slowly with live bait on a plain hook. | Joe Shead Al and Ron Lindner made the Lindy Rig famous decades ago, and it continues to ...

Mille Lacs Lake walleye fishing will be catch-and-release during the spring and early summer of 2024, with the opportunity to harvest a walleye starting Aug. 16. During the open water harvest ...

The early bird gets the striped bass. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, said stripers remain scattered from Horseshoe Bend Park to Point 5. It's best to be fishing by first light because the catching gets ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Marc Wolfe at Fishermen’s Warehouse in downtown Port Clinton knows this week will be a Lake Erie walleye fishing madhouse. It’s the second week of April, the walleye are in full ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Walleye are big business in Ohio, with Lake Erie having a reputation as "The Walleye Capital of the World." Walleye fishing ...

When it comes to the Minnesota Fishing Opener, no two years are the same, and that is certainly the case again this year. Minnesota’s 2024 Fishing Opener is Saturday, May 11. After a weird winter with ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The dog days of summer fishing are right around the corner, but the consistently hot temperatures and mild winds have yet to put a dent in the fishing success along Ohio’s Lake Erie ...

The Day-3 “Big-Bag” cash-prize winners at the 2023 Con Club Walleye Tournament were Team 75: Jim Dolly L, Captain Tom Slawatycki, and Ben Slawatycki with 20.54 pounds for the three fish. File photo by ...

Downriggers are standard equipment for Great Lakes anglers, but they have practical applications for inland trout anglers and even walleye anglers in some places. They are an effective tool for ...