The PMTT Ranger Boats World Championship on Lake Minnetonka outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota, opened with warm, mid 80-degree air temperatures and water warming back up into the 60s with high blue skies. To say this made the muskies a bit lethargic is an understatement, but even with a tough bite, you can’t put the PMTT’s… Continue Reading
By Ted Takasaki and Scott Richardson If you look in summer spots, your fall walleye fishing will be frustrating. But follow Hall of Famer Ted Takasaki’s transition formula and you just might score a monster like this! Though the calendar doesn’t say so yet, weather forecasters count the time around Labor Day as the start… Continue Reading
The Musky Hunter Magazine Fall Showdown Qualifier conducted by the PMTT at the Superior, Wisconsin, proved to be a great surprise. The St. Louis River showed its true colors in a very large fashion. Forty-nine muskies were registered by the anglers with at least 17 fish over 40 inches being caught and released. The field of… Continue Reading
By Ted Takasaki and Scott Richardson The rich colors of an above-water sunset belie the low light conditions fish face as they play out nature’s game of predator and prey. Read all about the art and science of color from the playbook of Hall of Fame angler Ted Takasaki, who poses here with a dandy… Continue Reading
By Ted Takasaki and Scott Richardson What a monster! Fall is trophy time for walleye anglers, especially if you key on the fine points presented by Hall of Famer Ted Takasaki. Here, Ted holds up a bruiser taken on a Lindy Rig baited with a big minnow, along a steep break-the same recipe you… Continue Reading
Eager students and warm, stable weather combined to produce record big fish catches when the University of Esox held its annual Canadian Musky Adventure school July 17-24.The 14th annual school, which was held at Sandy’s Blackhawk Island Camp on the Northwest Angle of Lake of the Woods, attracted students from six states.“It was incredible. Guys… Continue Reading
The largest musky of Eileen Dusek’s life proved to be the biggest fish boated during the University of Esox Summer Musky Tactics fishing school.The school, an offshoot of Musky Hunter magazine, was held June 11-13 at St. Germain Lodge and the adjoining Fibber’s Restaurant near St. Germain, Wisconsin. Anglers from five different states attended the 15th annual… Continue Reading
By Tom Dietz The lake was like glass as my wife Kris and I headed across the water to a sand flat with newly emerging bulrushes on it.This particular shallow flat is a major spawning area for crappies, sunfish and bluegills each spring. I killed my outboard and dropped the trolling motor to ease us… Continue Reading
By Ted Takasaki and Scott Richardson Ted Takasaki with a bruiser smallmouth bass caught on a Lindy X-Change Jig and plastic grub. Find and stay on smallie action this summer by following the formula laid out by top guide Jim DaRosa. The action can be hotter than the weather! Other fish might fight better, pound-for-pound,… Continue Reading
By Ted Takasaki and Scott Richardson Ted Takasaki’s satisfied smile says it all: you can still track down and catch crappies long after the easy shallow spring pickins are over! Follow Ted’s advice on what to look for, how to use side-imaging sonar to find possible hotspots, and what tackle to tempt summer crappies with.… Continue Reading