Guiding You In Your Quest For More And Bigger Fish
It’s that time of the month for us to announce our “Pond Scum of the Month”. For April, that honor goes to “Cheetascumillia Poachameoba”. This fellow is that individual for whom slot limits, numerical limits or any other limits on harvest mean nothing. [Read more…]
Today we’re going to talk about one of the work horse baits in my spring arsenal, the Strike King Perfect Plastics Rodent. This is a creature bait that like all creature baits, resembles a crawfish to some extent. [Read more…]
We discussed spring cleaning for the fisherman and I gotta’ tell you, I did mine and found some things in the terminal tackle box that desperately needed to be replaced, starting with swimbait hooks. [Read more…]
This is the first in a series of articles written to give an introduction into the sport of fly fishing. When I talk to people who have never done any fly fishing, the first thing they say is, “That looks hard.” It is that kind of comment that has inspired the MVF Fly Fishing For Beginners series.
Today, we will begin by looking at how to read a river or a stream, so that you know what to look for when you get out on that water. [Read more…]
If you do a lot of night fishin’ like we do around here, you’re gonna’ have to have a flashlight that you can depend on. Our choice here at MVF is the Mini-Mag from Maglite. This little flashlight runs on 2 AA batteries that have lasted me an entire year now and utilizes a single LED bulb that, for all intents and purposes, never needs replacing. Not bad for around $25. [Read more…]
Fishing electronics have come an amazing distance in the past 50 years. From depth finders, fish finders, and gps—to the instruments on the control panel itself—they all share one common thread.
They get dirty! [Read more…]
Easter is right around the corner, and I for one can tell you what I will be up to. In the morning, I will be out on the lake for some serious spotted bass fishing. Afterwards, my wife and I will head to my In-Laws’ for some great food and family time.
I love fishing on holidays because, typically, I am the only one out there doing my thing. But some people have told me that, for them, that’s strictly family time and they would never get out on the lake or river, even for a minute. [Read more…]
Besides being Wisconsin’s State fish, the musky is described as “the fish of 10,000 casts.” Anyone who has ever gone out for one of these monsters knows that to be true.
Equally true though—it only takes one of those casts to land a world record!
That is exactly what happened to Cal Johnson in 1949, when he landed a 67 pound, 8 ounce monster on Lake Court Oreilles in Hayward Wisconsin. [Read more…]
It’s that time of year to think about new lures, rods, reels, line etc., but around here there are a couple of things that we need for our fishing trips that a lot of folks kind of take for granted and just pick up on the way out.
I should have known this little trip was doomed from the start. In my hurry to get to the river, I must have been stuck behind every school bus in North Georgia. Despite repeated pleas to the fishing gods, the school bus schedule seemed to coincide perfectly with mine. [Read more…]