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  • Pro Tips: When to Add a Spinner Blade to the Sonic BaitFish
    March 1, 2022

    Sonic BaitFish: When to Add a Spinner Blade to the SBF

    Horizontal is when casting or trolling. This is primarily a swimming and darting action. In order to increase its flash and vibration, I routinely add a spinner blade to the split ring on its tail with the line attached to the nose and a snap swivel to minimize line twist.
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  • Take a Kid Fishing: Lessons and Tips
    March 1, 2022

    Take a Kid Fishing: Lessons and Tips

    One of the first memories I have of fishing was with my grandfather on a farm pond for panfish. “Gramps,” as I called him, would sit in his lawn chair and watch the bobbers. I would cast my little Zebco 404 out with a red and white bobber, a small hook, and a nightcrawler.
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  • Podcast: Trophy Walleye Season on the Columbia River
    February 9, 2022

    Podcast: Trophy Walleye Season on the Columbia River

    This week's podcast breaks down early spring walleye fishing and why it's your best chance to get a 10-pounder in the boat or, even better, a state record. We take you up the Columbia River system and provide tips and tactics on how to target walleye this time of year.
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  • Why the Smile Blade is Every Walleye Anglers' Favorite Spinner Blade
    February 8, 2022

    Why the Smile Blade is Every Walleye Angler's Favorite Spinner Blade

    The Smile Blade excels when trolled slowly, as they require hardly any speed to make the blade turn correctly. Since they're able to spin at speeds as slow as 1/4 mph without any loss in action and flash, it makes them a perfect early and late season option for waterbodies, such as the Missouri River reservoirs, as well as small sloughs or natural lakes.
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  • Evolution of the Solunar Tables Theory for Fishing
    February 1, 2022

    Evolution of the Solunar Tables Theory for Fishing

    The Solunar Tables theory, first developed by John Alden Knight in 1926, has evolved significantly over the years: Origins and Early Development John Alden Knight initially examined 33 factors that could influence fish and wildlife behavior. After careful analysis, he...

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  • Sonic BaitFish Tips: Are you fishing with dull hooks?
    January 5, 2022

    Sonic BaitFish Tips: Are you fishing with dull hooks?

    There’s a well-worn phrase that’s used in our sport of angling that “90% of fish caught are by only 10% of the fishermen”. Is it because of superior skill or attention to detail? Probably, a little of each. This article is about you becoming an instant member of that “10% Club."

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  • Vertical Jigging for Kokanee
    December 8, 2021

    Vertical Jigging to Suspended Kokanee

    One of the most difficult presentations in sport fishing is fishing to suspended fish. A line counter on a baitcaster reel is one method of delivering your offering to where the fish are located. Another, is watching the fall of your lure on the screen of your electronic fish locator.

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  • SBF Tips: 6 Main Variables for River Jigging
    December 8, 2021

    Sonic BaitFish: 6 Main Variables for River Jigging

    Vertical jigging on a slow drift is about as close to the perfect presentation that one can achieve in sport fishing because of absolute control of lure placement and its resultant downward flutter. The downward flutter is the most effective lure action that causes a fish to strike.
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  • Blog posts Dodgers: Proven Fish Magnets in the Great Lakes
    December 7, 2021

    Dodgers: Proven Fish Magnets in the Great Lakes

    The two dodgers I utilize for Lake Michigan trout and salmon are the Double D Dodger 7.6" Double D Dodger 7.6” and the other dodger, the Sling Blade 9” — both of which have a time and place. However, each is a very good option for both trout and salmon on the Great Lakes.
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  • Rigging Tips for Port Angeles Sockeye
    November 29, 2021

    Rigging Tips for Port Angeles Sockeye

    By Capt. Pete Rosko Late last summer brought a change in the Pacific weather pattern with the phasing out of El Nino warmer water and replacing it with the El Nina cooler water. The negative to this phenomenon was a...

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