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North Country Walleye ‘Meat’ The Precision Jigs

Methods like the jig and meat combo start to shine right about now, when cold snaps start getting measured in weeks and that first-freeze rush has kind of petered out. Walleye are still absolutely catchable using lures and jigs with more razzle dazzle, stroked quicker. But season after season, batting cleanup with a well-placed baitfish gets hotter and hotter the colder it gets. What's nice about these colder periods is they force me into moving around less and slowing my entire approach way dow
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    • Ten Ideas to Cure the Winter Fishing Blues

    Ten Ideas to Cure the Winter Fishing Blues

    By HSO Editor

    For many fly fishing enthusiasts, this winter has been especially long and hard – and for others it always seems to be a long time before the start of the summer fishing season. Here are ten ideas to help shake off those winter blues and start looking forward to summer. Reward yourself with an early [hunt here...] [ Read More ... ]

    Late ice crappie patterns

    Late ice crappie patterns

    By HSO Editor

    The last period of safe ice typically offers some of the best ice fishing of the year for panfish like bluegill and crappie.  For crappies in particular, we often find fish shallow and the fish can often be fairly aggressive.  Finding crappie is often a matter of connecting the dots; on most lakes and flowages, [hunt here...] [ Read More ... ]

    Late ice crappie patterns

    By HSO Editor

    Late ice crappie patterns

    The last period of safe ice typically offers some of the best ice fishing of the year for panfish like bluegill and crappie.  For crappies in particular, we often find fish shallow and the fish can often be fairly aggressive.  Finding crappie is often a matter of connecting the dots; on most lakes and flowages, [hunt here...] [ Read More ... ]

    Trout streams of your dre ...

    By HSO Editor

    Trout streams of your dreams

    Adventure takes many roads, and if you’re lucky, it takes you to trout streams, too! If you’re really lucky, you’ll get to share it with your children. Fathers often dream of big adventure with their kids, journeys that take them far from home while bringing them closer together. For many of us, though, work and [hunt here...] [ Read More ... ]

    • Late ice crappie pa...

    By HSO Editor

    Late ice crappie patterns

    The last period of safe ice typically offers some of the best ice fishing of the year for panfish like bluegill and crappie.  For crappies in particular, we often find fish shallow and the fish can often be fairly aggressive.  Finding crappie is often a matter of connecting the dots; on most lakes and flowages, [hunt here...] [ Read More ... ]

    Trout streams of yo...

    By HSO Editor

    Trout streams of your dreams

    Adventure takes many roads, and if you’re lucky, it takes you to trout streams, too! If you’re really lucky, you’ll get to share it with your children. Fathers often dream of big adventure with their kids, journeys that take them far from home while bringing them closer together. For many of us, though, work and [hunt here...] [ Read More ... ]

    Tailoring lure pres...

    By HSO Editor

    Tailoring lure presentation for successful ice fishing

    The reality of lure presentation in ice fishing is that conditions are changing from day to day, and especially from year to year, and your methods will need to adapt to reflect this.  The biggest mistake I have ever made as an angler is getting so confident in a particular presentation, mentality or location that [hunt here...] [ Read More ... ]

    Panfish in the Abys...

    By HotSpotOutdoors -

    Panfish in the Abyss – Late Season Ice Fishing

    Both bluegill and crappie often suspend or move out over deep water basins on many bodies of water each winter. Deep and basin are often relative descriptions to describe a large offshore bowl of deeper water but more specifically, look for the bowls or basins that bottom out between fifteen and forty-five feet of water. [hunt here...] [ Read More ... ]

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