Cold weather has arrived and is slowly covering Michigan’s lakes with ice. Ice becomes solid and fishable when the weather is clear and calm, and it remains below freezing for a week or so. The estimated thickness of safe ice for foot traffic is four inches. It is...
Martin Szeliga has been a pilot since he was in the Marine Corps stationed in Okinawa, flying operations between the Japanese Islands, serving and assisting the 30,000 American service members during his stint. But his service to his fellow Americans did not end when...
We all have old fishing rods lying in the corners of our garages and storage sheds. Many have a big ole bobber hanging on the line, along with a plain Aberdeen hook and a split shot or two. While it brings back great memories there is a better way that is cleaner and...
Before anglers had trolling depth charts for crankbaits, we had to figure out ways to get our baits down to certain areas of the water column. The sonar would show fish suspended and on the bottom. We had to determine what fish showing on that sonar were catchable. As...
The Rapala Jigging Rap! This is not an article to plug a sponsor. It’s a story of some smart anglers utilizing electronics and a very versatile jigging glide bait to rewrite tournament weight records and put a bunch of walleyes in live wells across the northern...
