Big, gas-burning outboard motors are sexy, but most serious anglers spend more time on their trolling motor than they do at wide open throttle. That’s why choosing the best trolling motor for your ...

If you've experienced your trolling motor battery lose its power because of its sub-par build, then you know how painfully frustrating it is. Like any battery-powered mechanisms in fishing boats, ...

Most fish have set up their summer homes across the Midwest. They’ve completed the spawning ritual and now those fish are hungry. If you put a bait near a fish, it will probably bite that bait. The ...

What Are Planer Boards and Why Use Them? Planer boards are effective tools for fishing multiple lines to the side of your boat. Fishing with multiple lines (where legal) helps you cover a lot of water ...

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Walleye trollers can increase their efficiency by employing a two-way system that uses unweighted flatlines and inline trolling sinkers, a versatile application that’s particularly effective when fish ...

Trolling is a great way to catch trout during late fall, winter and early spring. The biggest drawback of this technique is it requires a boat. On the positive side, any floating craft ranging from a ...

Merrily we trolled along, enjoying the alpine scenery of Horsethief Reservoir and just enough of a breeze to combat the summer heat. “Who’s ready for a turn fish?” I called out as I angled the boat a ...

At risk of provoking someone to stuff my row-trolling gloves with poison ivy, I predict the sun will keep shining and muskies will keep striking plugs and bucktails across Wisconsin even though it ...

PRESQUE ISLE – Six times I’ve shared my cedar-strip rowboat with Scott Hassett for the Bob Ellis Row-Trolling Classic muskie tournament, and six times we’ve towed our flotilla of lures from the ...

Hello Fellow anglers. I have been on the road again up in Oregon. The salmon were running and we had to go. Renee and I fished with my nephew Chris Hacker for 3 days on the mouth of the Rogue River.