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Up above, I tiptoe across the frozen shallows maintaining a low profile. Stealth is a big part of the game.
Down below, however, it’s more like lions in the Coliseum tearing and tossing-down everything with
blood running through its veins. That’s what it’s like in early winter when northern pike slash through
the shallows with hearty appetites and an equal amount of recklessness.
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Are You Afraid Of The Dark? By "LHarris"
It was the 20th of December 2008. Wisconsin small stream trout season has been closed since September 30th. I had some time so I decided a scouting mission was in order. I like scouting during the closed season due to the weeds being down and it is much easier to walk along the streams because of it.
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The Panfish Finder By Ted Pilgrim
To anglers who eat, sleep and breathe "humpback" panfish-ponderous bluegills, crappies, yellow
perch-the early and late winter ice periods could just as well last all year. Shallow water, weeds, great
sprawling flats and fish that like to bite-at least, if you can find them. Indeed, for many humpback
hounds, finding fish on large flats remains a mystery. Brian "Bro" Brosdahl, confirmed leader of the
panfish pack, calls these fish "bulls in a haystack," and rightfully so.
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Modern Ice Fishing, The Development of a "LEGEND" By Greg Wilczynski
The first time my father took me fishing, I was four years old. It was 1961, Poland. You might not believe me but I still remember the very first fish I had caught that day. It weight over four pounds and was a member of the carp family. I was using a 12-foot long bamboo rod without a reel and I recall having to walk backwards while pulling the fish out of the water.
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Real or Not? Let the Fish Decide By Jeff Gustafson
Times are a changin'. Used to be when we went ice fishing, our presentation always included a jig tipped with some type of minnow or hunk of meat, no matter what species of fish we were targeting. As the fishing tackle industry has grown, companies have found ways to make better baits that work in all seasons for all species of fish.
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Tournament Champ Talks Tactics and Tackle By Ted Pilgrim
The North American Ice Fishing Championship (NAIFC) team of Captains Joe Pikulski and Myron Gilbert are on to something. Last year, the dynamic Michigan duo-both Great Lakes charter boat captains in the "off season"-took home their fourth NAIFC Team of the Year title, in nearly as many winters. Helping cement their win, the boys took two 3rd place finishes, a 5th, and various other top tens. In 2008, they dominated the highly competitive field, notching wins at Wamplers Lake, Michigan, as well as the NAIFC Championship at Boom Lake, Wisconsin.
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Ice Fishing Decoys By Greg Clusiau with Kay Keller
Matt has put all of his inventions into practical use. Being an avid deer hunter, it is only natural that he has his own brand of portable tree stands. Constructed mostly out of aluminum, it is very light and folds down for easy carrying. It also comes with your choice of "concealment cloth", to shelter yourself from any movement. I’ve carried mine all over the backwoods of northern Minnesota.
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Take A Kid Ice Fishing By Bruce Mosher
Ice fishing with a child. It does require a certain amount of patience (actually in most cases, a large amount of patience) but with the right mind set and a few simple tips, chances are it will be a great success.
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Attracting Crappies with Gusto Cory Schmidt
Spent a few hours one evening on a small clear water lake near Pequot Lakes for a little crappie action. Even though this lake's crappie population has over the years largely been exploited by anglers and habitat degredation, a fair number of real dinnerplates still exist.
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Rivers To The Rescue By by Curt Quesnell
There is a time each year, a very grim time we must survive.
That very long period that stretches from when we put the boat away until the first walkable ice.
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Open Water Preparation for Ice Fishing By "Team Otter"
Having several spots located on your favorite lake (and others) away from large crowds will give you the best chance at consistently catching more and better quality fish. The best time to find these type of spots is right now, from your boat rather than when the ice is here. Covering water with your electronics from a boat in September through November is much easier than using an auger.
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Wisconsin High School Senior Emily Bauman doing the Land-Dead portion of a Springer Spaniel Master Hunt test.
LEARNING A NEW LAKE by Wayne Ek
Learning to fish a new lake can be a time consuming and daunting task. If you could spend as much time on the water as you wanted to, the task would become that much easier; but for most folks that's just not a practical option. With the technology available today there are some short cuts that will make learning a new lake faster and easier. This article will give you some insight and ideas that can help you figure out a new lake a little quicker.
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Big Water Humpheads-An Alternative Approach to Panfish by Ted Pilgrim with Tony Roach
For trophy panfish sleuths today, it's all about staying two steps ahead of the pack; going where crowds of anglers haven't been for a while. Sometimes, it's a simple matter of circling back to lakes that were hot several seasons back. But from a broader perspective, the game has changed. Most of the smaller, more obvious lakes have been plucked of their panfish gems. Sad but true.
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Boat Control and Walleyes by Jeff "Cubby" Skelly
Have you ever been on the water and the fishing for you and your partners had been anything but productive? Yet every time you looked around you could see the constant action the other boats around you were having. So you start to thinking, what are we doing wrong, I can see that most are using a jig and a minnow and drifting at the same speed we are, so what's up? Well chances are your boat control isn't quite what it should be. Walleye fishing can so many times be a game of a few yards or feet that can make the difference.
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Swimming with Early Ice Walleyes by Ron Anlauf
Swimming baits can be the big ticket to solid early season catches and are always a good option for icing heavy duty walleyes. Some may argue "the always" point but when given a fair chance I've yet to find water where they don't produce.
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The Right Stroke for Panfish by Jason Mitchell
More ice anglers are discovering that the tip of the rod we are using has as much influence on our presentation as the actual motion we put on the rod while fishing. A rod with a fast tip for example will give the lure a distinct flash and pound that is more abrupt, perhaps more noticeable. By quivering or bouncing the tip of a fast action rod, the jig or lure literally bounces in place which can be the ticket some days, especially with aggressive fish. This bouncing might also work better for pulling in fish from further distances.
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Droppin Down for Finicky Panfish by Bob Bohland
We have all had those times when you can't seem to buy a bite out on the water, whether it be through the ice or in a boat. One technique that I have come to rely on for panfish in these situations is the Dropshot Rig. The Dropshot Rig has been popularized by professional bass fishing in recent years, though few fishermen use it for any other species. The same principles that make it work for heavily pressured, tight lipped bass work equally well for other species, especially panfish through the ice. The reason a dropshot works is that it allows an angler to present a small bait in front of a fish for a long period of time. We used a dropshot rig at the NAIFC Chisago Lake Qualifier last season to pick up fish in holes that had already been fished by other anglers; in fact most of our largest fish came on a dropshot out of holes someone else had just vacated.
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Keeping Your Fall Options Open by Ron Anlauf
In between trips to North Dakota for ducks, South Dakota and SW Minnesota for pheasants, and northern Minnesota for grouse, there's some really good walleye fishing to be had. The tough part is giving up one for the other and has been made even more difficult with pheasant numbers up and grouse up in certain areas. Even so; you might find the tradeoff to be worthwhile, especially when you start hooking up with chunky late season 'eyes.
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13 Lb Mississippi River Walleye Rugbyguy
Made it out to pool 4 on Sunday and hooked up with this 13 pound monster on the first cast. Shatters my previous personal best of 10 pounds. She was the fattest walleye I have ever seen. 29.5 inches long with a girth that looked like she swallowed 2 basketballs. Ended up being the only bite for our boat, but it was worth it! She's still swimming to release those eggs!
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