What Makes a Bucktail Jig So Effective for Catching Bass and Walleye? Simplistic in design but lethal in execution, the bucktail jig works magic when fished amongst weeds in the fall. Comprised of a ...

Walleyes can be found in deep lakes and windy rivers. They inhabit the sprawling Great Lakes and tiny backwoods waters. But no matter where you fish for walleyes, these lures should be in your tackle ...

Perhaps the most ubiquitous fishing lure in the world, and among the oldest, the jig is particularly effective in catching walleyes. Thus its popularity in Minnesota, where more than 1 million anglers ...

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DULUTH — When the News Tribune ran a story in March on how jigs are by far the No. 1 lure for the most world-record fish, it probably didn’t surprise any walleye anglers in Minnesota. The data from ...

LEWISTON – John Snaza entered his first walleye fishing derby on the Columbia River in the 1980s. At the time, neither he nor his wife had any experience with the toothy predator. “I had never seen a ...

CEDAR FALLS — When Neil Hammargren and I were regulars on the Masters Walleye Circuit and Walleye Anglers Trail, we did whatever we had to do to compete. We both grew up as river fishermen, but the ...

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