Walleye Archives - Fisher Man Guy

23Aug

Angler ice fishing through a hole in the ice with a bent rod

Ice Fishing Species: The Complete Guide to What Bites in Winter

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Ice Fishing Species: The Complete Guide to What Bites in Winter Not every fish shuts down when the lake freezes. A handful of ice fishing species stay genuinely active through the coldest months, and they're the difference between a season

23Aug

Angler fighting a fish from the bank of a large reservoir at golden hour with the rod bent deep

How to Fish a Reservoir: Find the Flooded Landscape Below

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How to Fish a Reservoir: Find the Flooded Landscape Below A reservoir is a river valley that someone flooded on purpose. When a dam goes in, the old creek beds, ridgelines, roads, and timber all stay underwater — and that

23Aug

Winter Fishing: Ice Fishing Tips & Open-Water Tactics

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Winter Fishing: Ice Fishing Tips & Open-Water Tactics Most anglers store their rods when the calendar hits December. That's a mistake — winter fishing is some of the most reliable fishing of the year, if you know where the fish

23Aug

Angler casting toward weed lines and points on a lake at golden hour

How to Fish a Lake: Master Lake Structure & Find More Fish

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How to Fish a Lake: Read the Water and Find the Fish Lakes look like featureless bowls of water, but beneath the surface every lake is a map of lake structure — points, drop-offs, weed lines, channels, and basins —

23Aug

Angler fighting a walleye from a boat at dawn with rod bent deep

How to Catch Walleye: The Complete Fishing Guide

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How to Catch Walleye: The Complete Fishing Guide Walleye are the most pursued fish in the northern US for one simple reason: they bite when other fish don't, and they taste better than almost anything in freshwater. But how to

23Aug

Walleye swimming over a rocky reef in a clear northern lake

Walleye: Complete Species Guide

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Walleye: Complete Species Guide Ask a group of Midwestern anglers which freshwater fish they love catching most, and walleye will win almost every argument. It's North America's premier cool-water game fish — the fish that fills Minnesota's lakes, powers Lake