By: Matt Johnson LaDredge Outdoors is no newcomer to the fishing world. For two years they have led the attack on artificial underwater structure. LaDredge Outdoors offers a wide-variety of products available to the ice angler. But, these products are not only something anglers have grown to like and use on a regular basis… the…
By: Matt Johnson We’re starting to embark on the time of year where fish tend to meander more frequently. Staying on top of the fish can be very difficult at times and it seems as if we’re only catching one or two fish out of a hole before the school moves on. If this appears…
By: Matt Johnson When one thinks about ice fishing, they typically picture walleyes, crappies, sunfish, perch, pike, maybe even a lake trout or eelpout, but not many people think of catfish. Even the mere idea of catching a catfish under the ice results in scowls—sometimes even laughter. But for those of you who venture out…
By: Matt Johnson There are a lot of tools out there that can increase an ice angler’s productivity, but one has to rank the spring bobber high on their list of priorities. If you seek out panfish—and by panfish I mean bull bluegills, slab crappies, and jumbo perch—then the addition of a spring bobber can…
By: Matt Johnson We’re all familiar with 3-color flashers. We’ve used them for years and they what’s below you and react accordingly is something most of us would never forfeit. It’s to the point now that if we leave our Vexilar at home then we turn around to get it. Fishing is just not the…
By: Matt Johnson What makes an ice angler successful? This question seems complex and out of reach but in fact the answer is probably already under your nose. We spend a lot of time browsing the various Internet websites, reading the latest magazine articles and spending time chatting with fellow anglers and friends trying to…
We once believed that the best kept secrets for targeting winter panfish were shared at local bait shops, church meeting rooms, neighborhood coffee shops; basically those unknown locations where old-timers spend most of their time spewing the tricks of the trade. On the contrary, the modern age has drastically helped define the new set of…
By: Matt Johnson Pinpointing these broad-shouldered sunfish can be an all-day endeavor, but it’s a day well-spent once you hook into a true pounder. Sunfish in the nine to eleven inch range are in a class of their own, and once they surpass that ten-inch mark you’ve got yourself a real trophy. Light-biting, drag squealing,…
By: Matt Johnson Maybe — but it can take some real effort. You have to pull out all the stops and then if you can’t figure out what to get a reaction with then it may be time to move. What top anglers do to get the fish to bite when they don’t want to……
By: Matt Johnson We sometimes get ahead of ourselves when trying to struggle with the nuances that go into understanding fishing electronics. We focus on pixels, watts, power output, all of the things that do nothing but confuse the bulk of the angling population. We stumble into a retail store searching for answers but only…
