Several downrigger styles are available. Electric downriggers are standard on most charter boats. An electric 'rigger deploys and reels in the downrigger weight, which may weigh 10 or 12 pounds or ...

Ask any walleye nut and they’ll tell you there’s lots to love about these popular game fish—and loads of reasons to learn how to catch walleye. First, walleyes are widely distributed across the ...

LEWISTON – John Snaza entered his first walleye fishing derby on the Columbia River in the 1980s. At the time, neither he nor his wife had any experience with the toothy predator. “I had never seen a ...

With Pennsylvania’s walleye season opening May 3, there are plenty of techniques and bait anglers can use to attract these predator fish. Phillip Papa of Allegheny County and Daniel Gerda of Mercer ...

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 ...

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has been fine tuning its walleye stocking program to make sure its efforts are placed in waterways with sustainable fish populations. “We stock walleye fry ...

Today we're fishing with Gino and we're out here on the Niagara River in this cold weather jigging for those perfect eating walleye. We share a bunch of tips with jigging, how the different types of ...