If you’re going fishing for walleyes tomorrow on one of the rivers that criss-cross the Midwest, a jig will probably be the best choice of lures. If you won’t be chasing walleyes until early summer, ...

Ask any walleye nut and they’ll tell you there’s lots to love about these popular game fish—and loads of reasons to learn how to catch walleye. First, walleyes are widely distributed across the ...

JensenCol3.jpg Put a jig in front of a walleye in a river right now and it will probably eat it. Most of the walleyes will be smaller males, but every now and then a true trophy will show up. Across ...

Many walleye anglers consider early spring to be their favorite time of year to chase their favorite fish. Rivers across walleye country, and many lakes and reservoirs in the same region, are seeing ...

It’s time to dust off that tackle box and tie on a jig, because New York’s walleye season opens May 1 and runs through March 15, 2024. It’s also opening day for lure-crushing northern pike, pickerel, ...

What Makes a Bucktail Jig So Effective for Catching Bass and Walleye? Simplistic in design but lethal in execution, the bucktail jig works magic when fished amongst weeds in the fall. Comprised of a ...

My favorite lure for taking walleyes from weed beds is a jig worm. Bass, pike and musky will also fall for this presentation. Most of the time I will use a one-eighth ounce jig head with a six inch ...

Minnesota’s greatest mystery isn’t whether the Kensington Runestone is authentic (would a guy named Olof Ohman fib?), whether Marjorie Caldwell masterminded the murder of Duluth heiress Elizabeth ...

My angling interests are firmly rooted in walleyes, thanks to the proliferation of the species in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ reservoirs near Warren and Youngstown. Our local lakes were dammed ...