Bassin' With Captain Mike Gerry

The Fall Fishing Begins

As the water temperature drops down to the fall fishing temperatures between 55 and 70 degrees its time to understand the patterns that develop and the keys that drive the bass to the shallows. As […]

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Trout/Salmon Fishing

Fall Fishing, An Iowa Perspective

Enjoy the spectacular colors and cool weather this fall fishing in northeast Iowa’s hundreds of miles of trout streams. From easily accessible streams in state or county parks, to those found in Iowa’s most wild […]

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Walleye Fishing

Fall Walleyes (Video Tip)

Gear up for a fall fishing trip by watching how Tony Roach targets shallow fish in fall. He talks about what kind of structure to look for this time of year. Once he finds a […]

Bassin' With Captain Mike Gerry

Some Fall Fishing Changes

Habits change in the fall these changes and these pattern movements in fall fishing occurs more in how the largemouth bass changes their habits, and why they relate to open flats more than any time […]

Catch Fall Fish On Jigs
Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

Catch Fall Fish On Jigs

There are lots of signs that fall is not far away.  You can listen to the locusts at night, notice that the days are getting shorter and the nights are getting cooler, or you can […]

Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

IT’S TIME TO THINK ABOUT FALL FISHING

Depending on where you live, the young people and their teachers are getting ready to go back to school, football season is either here or just around the corner, and the fall fishing season is […]

A Few Fall Fishing Ideas
Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

A Few Fall Fishing Ideas

The weather in my part of the world has been cool the past few days.  Some people are predicting an early autumn.  I’m not hoping for summer to depart soon, but we take what they […]

Prime Hopper Fishing
Fishing Tips

Prime Hopper (grasshopper) Fishing

Fly fishermen know…………….. Whether to target trout, smallmouths, bluegills or largemouths, they turn to a lot of grasshopper-imitating fly patterns during late summer and continuing into fall. Grasshoppers and other terrestrial insects fairly commonly find […]

Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

Crappie Catching and Fall Fishing

As the summer starts to wind down and fall gets closer, anglers should start thinking about some fall fishing strategies.  Fishing opportunities for a wide variety of fish are outstanding in the fall across the […]

Deep Thinking In Fall
Fishing News - Salt

Deep Thinking In Fall

Want to catch more fish? Spend more time with your depth finder! A modern LCD depth finder is good for a lot more than just showing water depth. It is one of the most important […]

Fishing Thoughts, By Bob Jensen
From The Desks of the ODU Writers

Fishing Thoughts, By Bob Jensen

It appears that my 2016 open water fishing season is coming to a close:  It may even be over, although I hope to get in another quick trip or two.  This year, like all other […]

Fall Patterns For Bass
Bass Fishing

Fall Patterns For Bass

The biggest change in fall fishing occurs more in how the largemouth bass changes their habits more than any time of the year. Bass will more often follow the forage or bait fish than any […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

ODU Magazines Last Three Magazines: Ice, Winter and Fall

Have you seen the last three editions of ODU Magazine? Here are the links to hop over and read: Fall 2015 –  https://www.odumagazine.com/Magazines/ODUFallFishing2015/, Winter 2015 – https://www.odumagazine.com/Magazines/ODUWinterandIceFishing2015/ and ice fishing 2015/16 – https://www.odumagazine.com/Magazines/ODUDec15toJan16IceFishing/

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Headlines

GET READY FOR FALL FISHING

It seems like summer just started, but it’s already time to think about #fallfishing. Nature has started providing us with the signs that remind us that autumn is closer than we think. Just like summer […]

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Top Fishing Headlines

Finding The Bait

Fall can be a tricky time of year to fish. Sure it is nice as the seasons change and the cool air starts to invade but many times, we have come off the water wondering […]

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Top Fishing Headlines

FALL FISHING SMORGASBORD

My recent fishing trips have reminded me of how productive fall fishing can be, and they have also reminded me of how active so many species of fish can be this time of year. In […]

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Fishing Tips

Fall Fishing At The River Bottom

Every year as we transition to late fall the bottom structure becomes more important and the ability to distinguish what type of bottom you are fishing is essential. On a lake like Guntersville the grass […]

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Bass Fishing

End Of Year Bass Bite

Witches shouldn’t be the only ones with warts this Halloween season. Bass anglers should have them too – Wiggle Warts, that is. So before you stock up on tiny candy bars, grab a handful of […]

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Fishing Tips

Fall Perch Fishing

Few things in fishing are as basic as yellow perch. For the most part this seemingly always cooperative species can be caught in most lakes with little more than some bottom fishing rigs and a […]

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Top Fishing Headlines

What do the fish want now?

With the days shortening and the temps beginning to fall a bit, the fish are starting to feed up heavy for winter. For many anglers, they struggle at first during this transition as their summer […]

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Fishing Tips

Finding Fish In Transition

How experts use Humminbird technologies to put the bead on fall and winter fish.  Typically, as fall arrives, many of us head for the tree stand or blind, turning our attention to birds and bucks. […]

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Top Fishing Headlines

Thinking About Fall Fishing

For many people, Labor Day marks the end of summer or the beginning of fall depending on how you look at it. For some anglers, Labor Day marks the end of the fishing season: For […]

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Top Fishing Headlines

Late Summer Bass Patterning

Late summer bass fishing can be some of the most frustrating days you will spend on the water all year. Generally the fish are transitioning and can seem to be neither here nor there. While […]

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Fishing Tips

Speed and Fall Fishing

If there was ever a time of year to think about the retrieve speed the fall is it! Retrieve speed is a deadly attraction and the problem is most fisherman forget to make it part […]