There’s nothing like a traditional shore lunch. The golden and crispy fried fish filets, fresh-caught and balanced on a mountain of onions and fried potatoes. The aroma of the fish intermingles with the smell of campfire smoke and the breathtaking views of the wilderness somehow make the flavor better. I try to have a shore lunch at least once or twice a season. These simple meals become one of the true highlights of my angling year. That is, of...
“Heads or tails?” It was the most important coin toss of the year, for it determined who was going to fish and who was going to bleed. I was 13 years old when my brother and I started the tradition of tossing a coin to decide which one of us had to drop trousers and wade out into the lukewarm water of a swamp that drained into a particular Adirondack lake we loved to fish. It was the perfect place to gather bait for walleye. Armed with a small...
While a lot of the basic lures and techniques we use in bass fishing have been around for decades, the vibrating jig is the new kid on the block. Also known as chatterbaits, these bladed lures throw off a lot of flash, pulse, and wiggle—all of which absolutely trigger fish. In this video, we got to watch big smallmouth crushing this big, white bait in shallow, clear water on a fast retrieve. Doesn’t get much better than that. This is a great...