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Getting Ready for Next Fishing Season…Prep Work Now, Can Pay Off Later!
For those fortunate anglers that live in areas where Mother Nature is less harsh during the winter months, their boats and lines never stay dry throughout the year, but for anglers in the Midwest, Northeast, and Canada, we have an “off-season.” Here are some offseason tasks that will keep you busy during these winter months, […]
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Having the Right Gear to Fish Topwater Frogs

Targeting bass that are buried underneath matted vegetation with a topwater frog could possibly be one of the most exciting and adrenaline filled ways to target and catch bass. The technique of fishing topwater frogs for bass at times is a straight forward one, cast your frog out atop of the vegetation, bring it back […]
Big Bass on a Frog
Start to the Tournament Season with a Top-Ten Finish!

It is hard to believe that the first tournament of the year for me came on June 15th! With the restrictions in place because of the COVID-19 situation, bass tournaments in Minnesota were on hold. Fortunately, we are good to go now and we are going to be going wide open for the rest of […]
Early Season Topwater Tactics

Fishing a topwater bait early in the season accomplishes several things, one, it attracts the bass’s attention, two, it mimics activity in the shallows, which in the spring and early summer could mean baitfish or bluegills spawning and third it can aggravate a bass into biting. One of my favorite topwater offerings for early season […]