For jigging technique, we're not jigging hard, but rather giving it a slow lift up, and a slow lift back down. This slower jigging technique I find to be more effective in the colder spring water, ...

Jigging spoons were lures used most often by experienced bass fishermen in the early years. They are one of the few baits that work well in deep water. In today's world of fishing, jigging spoons have ...

Early-season walleye fishing in most rivers, reservoirs, and lakes in the Midwest often involves the use of a jig/minnow combination. Here’s a look at some important factors that I’ve learned about ...

As the lake’s contour slopes sharply from 12 down to 20 feet, I see a giant mark just off bottom at 15 feet. I have a rod rigged for just such an occasion and I lob out a 5/8th-ounce Jigging Rap as I ...

Lakes throughout Minnesota are giving up nice numbers of panfish. Many anglers recommend small tungsten jigs or jigging spoons tipped with a minnow head for the most success. Anglers will want to stay ...

As always, I like to bring different colored jigs and jig bodies when jigging for walleye and see what colors they are keying ...

Tip-ups probably account for the majority of pike caught through the ice. Countless others are caught incidentally by anglers in pursuit of perch, walleyes or crappies. But jigging is an exciting and ...

Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of monthly columns for Our Woods & Waters written by Cold Spring resident and outdoorsman Jason Kron, previously a columnist for a Times Media publication ...

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Finding fish isn’t catching fish. Ice anglers must do the right things to trigger strikes from finicky finned critters.

Few flies are as ubiquitously potent as the Clouser Minnow. Invented by legendary fly angler Bob Clouser in the late 1980s, the pattern quickly proved it had far more uses than originally intended.