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SCORE ANOTHER VICTORY FOR NORTHLAND TACKLE!
TEAM NORTHLAND PRO-STAFFERS DAN AND STEVE BODINGER WIN THEIR THIRD MASTERS WALLEYE CIRCUIT DETROIT RIVER TOURNAMENTBemidji, Minn. – Team Northland Pro-Staffers Dan and Steve Bodinger say Northland Fishing Tackle Sink’n Jigs and IMPULSE® Paddle Minnows were key weapons in their dramatic come-from-behind victory at the Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit’s Detroit River tournament at Trenton, Michigan, April 13-14.The Bodinger brothers, both from Chilton, Wisconsin, topped…
Read MoreOpening Day Walleye Fishing – Big Stone Lake
By Mike FrischBig Stone Lake on the Minnesota/South Dakota border is a very popular spring walleye fishing destination. It’s popular because, as a Minnesota-South Dakota border water, it opens to the legal taking of walleyes earlier than the traditional Minnesota inland game season. The season opens this year on April 21.
Read MoreLake Ashtabula, North Dakota
Nestled in a scenic river valley just 12 miles northwest of Valley City, North Dakota, Lake Ashtabula is a picturesque manmade impoundment on the Sheyenne River. The reservoir offers anglers ample opportunities to catch a variety of gamefish species.Walleyes, smallmouth bass and northern pike are the predominant predators,” says Northland Fishing Tackle’s Cody Roswick. Proprietor of Fin Hunter’s Guide Service, Roswick fishes Ashtabula year-round, and notes, “There are als…
Read MoreEast and West Rush Lakes, Chisago County, Minnesota
Located in the east-central Minnesota countryside between the Twin Cities and Mille Lacs Lake, East and West Rush Lakes offer anglers a variety of high-quality, multi-species fishing opportunities virtually year-round. The two lakes are managed primarily for walleye, muskellunge and northern pike, with black crappie, bluegill and largemouth bass as the secondary management species.“The Rush Lake system is a great fishery close to the Twin Cities metro area,” says Team Northland Pro-S…
Read MoreNorth and South Lida Lakes, Minnesota
These highly productive and moderately fertile fisheries are located in northwestern Otter Tail County a short cast from the fishing-friendly city of Pelican Rapids. North Lida is widely considered one of the best all-around fishing lakes in Otter Tail County—which is high praise considering the number and quality of lakes within the county. South Lida, though considerably smaller, is no slouch, either.Anglers can choose from a variety of fish species on both lakes, which are connected to …
Read MoreSpring Panfish Time!
By Mike FrischMore and more open-water is appearing across the Midwest every day! For those who love to fish, that means it’s time to start another season and for many anglers that means chasing panfish. Bluegills and crappies take center stage for many anglers now because panfish are legal for the taking, while gamefish are still protected in some states, Minnesota included.Spring panfish anglers usually think shallow water and finding the warmest shallow water is often the key.
Read MoreButterfly Blade Weed Walleyes
A veteran guide’s tricks for slow trolling over emerging vegetationEmerging weedbeds hold walleyes in late spring and early summer. The scenario plays out in a variety of fisheries, from prairie potholes to mesotrophic Midwestern waters and rocky systems of the Canadian Shield—and wherever it develops, anglers able to capitalize on the pattern can rack up big numbers of hungry ’eyes.Veteran guide and Team Northland Pro-Staffer Eric Brandriet of Dakota Prairie Angling has develo…
Read MoreGET BIT BY PANFISH NOW
by Bob Jensen The big lake near where I live still had a lot of ice on it when I drove by a few days ago, but it was opening up near the shoreline. But the smaller ponds in the area have a lot of open water. In fact, of friend of mine told me that a friend of his had just caught a nice bunch of crappies from the open water in one of those ponds.
Read MoreFISH WHERE THEY ARE FOR MORE SUCCESS
by Bob Jensen In many parts of the Midwest, we’re in that “in-between” time of the year. This “in-between” time happens twice a year: As the ice is melting in the spring, and as it’s forming in the fall. During both times, it’s hard to go fishing.
Read MoreHow to catch Lake Trout – Jeff "Gussy" Gustafson
Team Northland Pro and Lake of the Woods expert Jeff Gustafson talks about how to catch Lake Trout. Gussy calls the North end of Lake of the Woods home and has fished trout all over Northern Ontario. Gussy talks about some of his favorite lures to use on these powerful fish including The Mimic Minnow Tuff Tube.
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