Learn how to rig, deploy, and catch fish with a downrigger for consistent success targeting trout, salmon, walleye or any other deep water fish. This gives you the basic idea of a downrigger set up.

Fish often concentrate in a specific stratum of the water column, held there by food, temperature, and other conditions they find to their liking. This can challenge anglers who want to keep their ...

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to fish for walleye and sauger at Lake of the Woods, a rather large body of water located where Minnesota and Canada come together. While there, I learned just ...

Here is Tony Floor’s Tackle Box report for September: As an old dog – getting older – who has been around a salmon rod for decades, I have an issue I want to share with you. In mid-July, I ...

A Lake Superior troller, John Ehlers grew tired of losing fish. He knew it happened when his line was momentarily slack after it released from a downrigger cable or a planer board. So Ehlers started ...

The Seeker Probe uses underwater acoustics to wirelessly report on lure depth, speed, water temperature and more. Courtesy Scotty Scotty has partnered with Airmar Technology to ­develop the Seeker ...

Adding hookless teasers and heavily weighted multi-armed dredges to your trolling spread can pay big dividends in just about any offshore fishery in the world. But one requirement is the ability to ...

From offshore trolling to pier casting and river wading, here’s how to catch bruiser Great Lakes kings during their fall movement toward shore. Fall is trophy king salmon season for Great Lakes ...