Ashley is the founder, owner and sole employee of Paul Wally Tackle Co., something he started a couple of decades ago out of his home in Superior, mostly on a lark. He’s now tying upward of 10,000 ...

What needs to be written about a spinner blade? A bunch, I believe. And you should know it all. There are three basic styles of spinner blades, and several others that do not fit any of the standards.

Lindy or walking sinkers are often used when drifting or trolling slowly with live bait on a plain hook. / Joe Shead Al and Ron Lindner made the Lindy Rig famous decades ago, and it continues to ...

Jackson Olson, 11, of Grand Forks, shows off packages of his hand-tied spinners and live bait rigs Monday, March 7, 2022. A fifth-grader at Kelley Elementary in Grand Forks, Olson is marketing the ...

Anglers tend to focus on the portion of their fishing tackle that comes into direct contact with the fish: hooks, artificial lures, flies. Narrowing it down still more, the point of the hook. It does ...

There is no better lure presentation for walleyes from late spring to early fall than a spinner. In the springtime, tip the spinner with a minnow and troll it behind a bottom bouncer in any of our ...

Q: While fishing on the St. Louis River near Duluth, I was trolling with a spinner rig and landed a walleye that was hooked in the chin behind the mouth. Can I keep it? A: No. Minnesota's statewide ...

The first walleye spinner I can recall seeing was a June Bug spinner my Grandpa Henry had laying in the bottom of his tackle box. When I picked it up to examine it, grandpa, who was not a bragging man ...

It was during an autumn largemouth bass foray when I saw an angler break the law — the Illinois law, that is. I’d just caught my fourth bass of the session using a pre-rigged Carolina plastic worm.

There are lots of ways to catch walleye. Although they do suspend at times and in certain waters like Lake Erie, in many cases, walleyes stick pretty tight to the bottom. Thus, you need a sinker to ...