Fishing

Iowa’s State Parks

Iowa’s State Parks By Ryan Graden In the last 25 years of technological advancements, I have watched our culture advance at a tremendous pace that, I worry, will never slow down. Phones, computers, iPods, iPads, GPS, electric cars, automatic vacuums, auto lawnmowers, and more! We are certainly making things easier for our lifestyles, but we […]

Train Up A Child

Train Up A Child By Earl Taylor When I was a child I had my life, and my parents had theirs; they did not try to weave their lives into my life; we were not best friends. I did what was normal for a nine-year-old boy, while my parents worked, mowed the yard, went to […]

When and Why to Hire a Fishing Guide

When and Why to Hire a Fishing Guide By Brad Durick In today’s fast paced society, time is of the essence and when you do get a chance to go fishing you want to make the most of it. Hiring a fishing guide can be a cost effective and efficient way to make the most […]

Dissecting A New Body of Water Through the Ice

Dissecting A New Body of Water Through the Ice By Todd Reed We all have those go-to lakes near our homes that “guarantee” a good days’ catch. It is very rewarding to figure out a lake and its subtleties to find the fish we seek out during the wintertime. These are the lakes we return […]

Putting Slabs on the Ice

Putting Slabs on the Ice By Steve Weisman When ice fishing season rolls around, bluegills and crappies are two of the most sought after fish. Many anglers, myself including, find that if we target bluegills we will also run into crappies. So, on early ice we will start in the shallows, in bays where there […]

Night Shift – On Ice

Night Shift – On Ice By Rod Woten Having a full-time day job can sure cut into a person’s ice fishing time. It’s bad enough that our ice fishing season is short and seems to get shorter every year, but the fact that we have to spend five days a week wasting some of the […]

WALLEYE TACKLE AND TRICKS

By Ben Leal Walleye, by far, has to be one of the most sought-after freshwater fish and one that every angler loves to fish fry. There are many great walleye fisheries in the State, along with two of the Nation’s biggest rivers that bookend our State, the Missouri in the west and the Mississippi in […]

Cabin Fever: Ideas to get Outdoors in Winter

Cabin Fever: Ideas to get Outdoors in Winter By Nick Johnson The winter is far from over and Cabin Fever has begun to set in for many who enjoy the outdoors. Aside from shoveling snow and jaunts to work, kid’s events or the store, the feeling of being cooped up tugs at the boredom strings […]

Navigating Big Ice

Navigating Big Ice By Rod Woten Why does it always seem that the bigger a body of water you want to fish, the harder the fish are to find? If you think about it from a statistical standpoint, the bigger lakes have more water you have to sort through in order to find fish, which […]

Ice Fishing Tech: The Rise Of Ice Electronics

Ice Fishing Tech: The Rise Of Ice Electronics By Nick Johnson I remember as a young kid ice fishing with dad, the essential tools for the job consisted of nothing more than a hand auger, a rod where one winds the line around two pegs fixed to the rod handle, an ice scoop, some tiny […]

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