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Tying walleye spinners is a productive way to spend those evenings in front of the television set. With all the different components offered today, your spinner blade and color combinations are ...
Walleyes are currently in their summer patterns, and the No. 1 lure being trolled by most walleye anglers right now is the spinner rig. Whether you are fishing with night crawlers, leeches or ...
Since last summer, the general pattern has been that whichever bites — perch or walleye — set the rig to catch both. A good compromise is 12 pound-test mono or 15 pound-test fluorocarbon.
From trolling spinners for weed walleye, to building your own tapered trout leaders, to frog fishing for summer bass, these stories captured our Sports Illustrated fishing reader’s attention on ...
A spinner rig fished 25 feet behind the boat on a 1/8-ounce sinker is only going to fish about 6 feet down at 1 mph, making it a good presentation when fish are shallow or when you're trying to ...
A nightcrawler harness is a time-tested, proven, multi-hook rig used to present live nightcrawlers in a slow but efficient and enticing way. They are especially effective for targeting walleye.
Every available walleye technique, from trolling with diving planers and spoons to casting weight-forward spinners and small spinner rigs, seem to be working.
From nightcrawler harness how to for walleye, to slip bobber tips, to 5 ways to become a better angler, these stories captured our Sports Illustrated fishing reader’s attention on Fishing on SI ...
What’s old is new again for walleye fishing, as anglers return to the good, old days of casting weight-forward spinner lures and small spinner rigs for their walleye.
From trolling spinners for weed walleye, to swinging streamers for big browns, to frog fishing for summer bass, these are the 3 top stories on Fishing on SI.