Learn how to rig, deploy, and catch fish with a downrigger for consistent success targeting trout, salmon, walleye or any other deep water fish. This gives you the basic idea of a downrigger set up.

One of the many reasons anglers are drawn to kayak fishing is the opportunity to access waters unreachable by a boat under power. This is especially true for inshore saltwater fishing, and a major ...

We're out here on Lake Ontario trolling for lake trout. It's early May and the water temperature is 44 degrees Fahrenheit (6 degrees Celsius. I've chosen to run with the American Smelt - specifically ...

There are three kinds of trout in this country — native, wild, and stocked. Native trout are the ones that have been here for thousands of years, such as brook trout in the mountains of the Northeast ...

Winter trout fishing is a funny thing. Some people love it because the crowds are gone, and they can bank on having long stretches of great water all to themselves. Other people hang up the trout gear ...

Early season for trolling for landlocked salmon and lake trout is a long standing tradition here in the East, and those that are the most effective at it know there are a few special methods (in some ...

What Are Planer Boards and Why Use Them? Planer boards are effective tools for fishing multiple lines to the side of your boat. Fishing with multiple lines (where legal) helps you cover a lot of water ...

Trout fishing is really picking up right now. Alpine lakes and creeks are in peak season, high elevation reservoirs like Horsethief and Cascade are producing, and even C.J. Strike is giving up some ...