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 ...

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

Plastics on the drop-shot on a ‘dead-stick' presentation are also effective, and there are plenty of fish to be caught shallow, especially if the sun comes out. Senko are best for targeting the ...

Whether you’re sneaking around shallow flats or anchoring on an offshore reef, saltwater trolling motors can get you where you need. Unlike their gas-powered counterparts, trolling motors run off of ...

Before we can talk about creek fishing, we have to define a creek. While it varies by region and depends on who you ask, my definition of a creek is a small- to medium-size body of flowing water at ...

Here’s how fishing looks this week in the Northwest Lower Peninsula, Northeast Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula, according to the latest report from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

2025 has come and gone, and with it, a year of angling stories that some will tell for a lifetime. The Gulf of Mexico became the Gulf of America and its name still causes divisiveness. I tend to just ...

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 ...