Fishing News

By Mike Frisch Good fortune has allowed me to have two careers involving education.  Twenty years as a physical education teacher and coach and now several more as a fishing educator have allowed me the opportunity to educate, and learn from, others, particularly kids.    When discussing “today’s kids,” I sometimes hear comments like “kids sure have…

By Mike Frisch There are lots of things to love about early season walleye fishing!  For one, spring walleye angling often signals the return of open water fishing for another year.  And, walleyes in the spring are often aggressive biters and easily accessible in fairly shallow water.   Another thing that I really like about this time frame…

It was a ten-mile run down Rainy Lake to get to the small, mid-lake reef we often fish. As webegan to get within sight distance of the reef, I could see what looked like a boat on ourdestination location. As I got even closer, I was shocked to find not one, but five boats on…

                                                                                                                                                                               Many anglers, this one included, can’t wait for ice out to head for their favorite crappie lake and wet a line in open water for the season’s first time.   Those just after ice out trips sometimes produce good fishing, but at other times the fish seem to be non-existent.  The fact is that as…

Spring is here and open water is starting to appear all across the Midwest.  For lots of anglers, that means it’s time to break open the jig box and head to their favorite walleye waters.  Jigs tipped with minnows as well as those dressed with a variety of soft baits are often what catch the…

February can be a difficult time for this outdoorsman and I’m suspecting other outdoors lovers too.  The good early ice bite has passed, hunting seasons are closed, and the open-water of spring is still a ways off.  Luckily, a dependable deep-water, basin crappie fishing pattern sets up on many Midwestern lakes now.  Here is a…