Created over a four year period, Our 13 season within season specific Giant Bass Series Dvd Collection of titles will help you triple your catch rate on any waters you target. E-mail us for order @ [email protected] Freelance Outdoor writer, In-Fisherman contributor, and verteran Trophy Bass Hunter Brett Richardson has been chasing multi-species giant fish for well over five decades. All sesaon within season titles are just $ 9.99 each plus shipping. Our New 2-Disc Hour and a half  full season coverage series is $ 24.99 plus 3.00 shipping. Learn to boat giant bass throughout the entire season! ... [ Read More ]

  Trophy Gilling   An early morning snowmobile ride to a trophy bluegill lake had me pumped. At minus ten below, it was a little cool out but little did I think that full face protection would be needed. It wasn’t that far. Well, yeah. Little did I think. I should have known better. Luckily the Bearcat had a high windshield and provided me a little shelter from the wind. I did, however, have to keep peeking over it, as it was crusted over with frozen road debris and hard to see.   The ride, which approached unbearable, ended with us reaching our little back-in-the-bush honey hole and I could feel the pain. No frostbite was experienced but I had to be pushing it. Oh the lengths we go to catch big bluegills.   Out on the lake, we found fishing to be slow but every once in a ... [ Read More ]

As the late winter early spring time frame approaches giant bass start their instinctual journey from main lake basins folowing specific routes and finger ares toward secondary staging points. This is a time to take into consideration a few major factors to keep you on the largest fish in any systems you target. The combination of South winds pushing water temperatures up a few degrees, bass stalling on routes during high winds and cold fronts and the vertical stacking factor during these periods of unstable weather during the first stage of Spring, all must be combined with reading activity levels during specific daily bite windows. Recognizing all these elements on the water and determining quick changes during specific barometric pressure change will keep you focused on choosing the ... [ Read More ]

The best place to be is on the ice. What draws us to the ice or to the water is tough to answer in a nutshell. There are far too many good answers to that question, and most of us will answer it differently. Even though we grew up differently, in different areas, and in some cases, different eras, we can all unite on the water in its two most popular forms, ice and water, my favorite form being the hard water version. I have spent a lot of time on the ice over the years, developing patterns, tweaking gear, perfecting the nuances of my fish house, wondering where that school of fished just went, smiling while gazing into the eyes of a big bull bluegill or gripping the lip on a slab crappie. The complexity of trying to describe an ice fishing trip is overwhelming at times and often gets ... [ Read More ]

Each year on our farm, I try to add one more thing of value. It can either be another big item on our road to self-sufficiency (I bought a fourwheeler one year), a commitment to spend a set amount throughout the year on stored food for our prepping box (rice, flour etc) or an additional animal type to bring in to the farm (such as the Angora goats we bought a couple of years ago for fiber). This year is the year of the rabbit. I don’t mean the two fuzzy Angora rabbits that I keep for fiber to spin with my mohair, and I don’t mean the (financially unproductive but fun) Dutch bunnies that I raise to show. I mean meat rabbits. Some places I hang out, I don’t openly admit that I raise rabbits for meat. These days, it seems to be an invitation for animal rights activists and House Rabbit ... [ Read More ]

  Catching Fish during a Tough Bite Cold temps have kicked-in all across the Midwest and lots of lakes are averaging 20+ inches of ice.   February can be a challenging month for Hardwater anglers because of:  cold temps,  snow drifts on lakes,  ice thickness and low oxygen levels in water.    When the bite slows down and fish appear on your  Vexilar but don't bite,  it's commonly called "Negative Fish."   Over the last couple weeks,  I've been chasing Walleyes/Jumbo Perch/Crappies in Minnesota, North Dakota & South Dakota;  below are a couple tactics that helped during my Ice Fishing adventures. Go Deep - Last weekend I was at the Minneapolis Boat Show talking fishing @ the Alumacraft booth (anxiously waiting to test drive their new Tourney Pro Sport 185) and the most common ... [ Read More ]