FISHING TRIP
Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

AN OVERDUE FISHING TRIP

Some friends invited me to spend a day on the water with them earlier this summer.  Scott Soderquist, Mike Frisch and I go way back.  We used to work together at sportshow booths, seminars, and […]

Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

Get Ready Fall – For River Fish

A good number of very successful anglers commit a lot of their fall fishing time to rivers, and for good reason.  Most rivers are home to a wide variety of fish species.  Those different species […]

Bassin' With Captain Mike Gerry

Fall Dock Fishing

The in-between time of year generally falls in the fall when the water is still warm and the bass are acting like its mid-summer. Bass become real finicky in this time of the year as […]

CHANGES IN THE FISH’S WORLD
Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

CHANGES IN THE FISH’S WORLD

I’ve been talking recently with anglers from across the Midwest about changes that they’ve seen in the world of fishing.  Many of those conversations center around changes in lakes, rivers, and fishing regulations.  Anglers all […]

Big Fish Time of Year
Bassin' With Captain Mike Gerry

Big Fish Time of Year

Winter is a special time of year for catching massive fish; there is no time of the year that compares to winter fishing when you are hunting for size, and the one thing you should […]

Walleye Wishes 2022
Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

Walleye Wishes 2022!

As I sit writing this on one of the last days of January, the temperature outside has yet to nudge above the 0 degree mark!  Nevertheless, I know that nicer days are ahead and that […]

Cold Water and Jerk Baits
Bassin' With Captain Mike Gerry

Cold Water and Jerk Baits

With this winter of 2022 being some of the coldest we have had in 10 or more years; I start to remember the success I have had fishing jerk baits over the many years they […]

Bassin' With Captain Mike Gerry

Carolina Rig in the Winter

Every year as we move to the wintertime where the bass are staging, getting a bite seems to be exceedingly difficult and a Carolina rig can be fished many ways and rigged differently to entice […]

Top Tips for Ice Fishing Trout
Jason Mitchell Outdoors

Top Tips for Ice Fishing Trout

Ice fishing for inland trout is extremely popular and insanely fun.  When we look at classic trout water, we often think of the western mountain states like Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, or Utah but there […]

Wind gusts hit 45
Dan’s Fish ‘N’ Tales®

Wind gusts hit 45

It was windy and cold. Wind gusts hit 45 mph. Whitecaps were crashing the shore, and Pepper got a bit close to the edge and was almost blown into the lake. It was even difficult […]

Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

Take a good photo!

Nearly 30-years as an outdoor writer has given me some experience as a photographer as well. Most of my fishing stories are usually submitted for publication accompanied by a “fish” photo as well.  While I […]

SELECTING A LINE FOR FISHING
Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

SELECTING A FISHING LINE

Its fishing line. It’s the time of year when many anglers are getting ready for the open water fishing season.  Something that every angler should do is make sure that your fishing line is ready […]

Mud Lines For Bass
Bassin' With Captain Mike Gerry

Mud Lines For Bass

If I have learned anything about North Alabama in the winter, I have realized that in the winter we get a lot of rain causing the lake to get muddy; causing water to over-run many […]

Venison Meatloaf On a Stick
HuntChef - Fishing and Hunting Recipes

Venison Meatloaf On a Stick!

You gotta see this recipe! HuntChef takes Venison Meatloaf to a whole new LEVEL!! Seasoned to perfection. Bacon Wrapped. Grilled. Topped with roasted jalapenos….!!!! Tune in and find new ways to make the most of […]

Safety First
Bassin' With Captain Mike Gerry

Safety First

Every year as we get prepared for spring break and many of the new boaters start out on their first endeavor to launch their boat for the first time the horror of holidays past start […]

Bluegill Basics
Jason Mitchell Outdoors

Bluegill Basics

Regardless of whether you do a lot of ice fishing or are completely new to ice fishing… bluegills are seemingly designed for entertaining ice anglers.  Abundant, relatively easy to find and great on the table, […]

LOOKING FORWARD TO OPEN WATER FISHING
Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

LOOKING FORWARD TO OPEN WATER FISHING

Recent happenings have me thinking about and looking forward to open water fishing.  A lot!  The Super Bowl is over.  College and high school basketball seasons are entering the homestretch.  On a recent Sunday morning […]

Ice Fishing's Top 5 Upgrades
Joel Nelson Outdoors

Ice Fishing’s Top 5 Upgrades

Ice fishing is likely the fastest growing segment in all of sport fishing.  That’s in no small part due to the development in creature comforts that have fundamentally changed the mechanics of the sport.  A […]

Beer Batter Walleye Recipe-HuntChef
HuntChef - Fishing and Hunting Recipes

Beer Batter Walleye Recipe | HuntChef

On this video, Jeremy Critchfield shows you a beer battered walleye recipe from his own home recipe book. This walleye recipe entails Pennsylvania’s pride, Yuengling beer! Watch Jeremy as he works through the beer battered […]

FINE TUNE FOR MORE WALLEYES
Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

FINE TUNE FOR MORE WALLEYES

Avid ice angler John Crane and I talked on the phone recently.  He has been doing a lot of ice fishing in his home area of north central Minnesota and on this particular day he […]

Bassin' With Captain Mike Gerry

Hard Targets

History has proved that the winter is the best of the hard target fishing, because the cold water drives the fish out looking for different structure “hence the bass move to hard targets” like rock, […]

Bacon Wrapped Venison Sausage
HuntChef - Fishing and Hunting Recipes

Bacon Wrapped Venison Sausage

Don’t know what to do with all your venison? Let Jeremy take you through how to make the most delicious, bacon wrapped venison sausage you’ve ever tasted. Jeremy Critchfield, HuntChef has been a chef for […]

Jason Mitchell Outdoors

Jungle Punching Crappie

On so many natural lakes (particularly where there is good water visibility that typically creates lush stands of aquatic vegetation) crappie location at early ice is all about finding the best weeds.  Tall green weeds […]

The New Ice Rod
Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

The New Ice Rod!

While walking down the aisles recently of the local bait shop, I couldn’t help but be somewhat astonished by all the ice rod models available!  This experience had me thinking back to my ice fishing […]

Fish Bum Podcast

The Ice Fishing Kick Off Show – Fish Bum Podcast

Podcast Link – https://open.spotify.com/episode/0uwSnNQkAhSCySFG4h4zqQ Fish Bum Podcast – Not-so-patiently awaiting the beginning of ice fishing season, Wayne and Chuck discuss ice fishing impatience, the failure of a bank fishing excursion, personal goals for the upcoming […]

WALLEYES AT NIGHT
Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

CATCH WALLEYES AT NIGHT

Although I don’t do it as much as I used to, I still enjoy getting after walleyes at night.  Across all of walleye country, there are lots of places where you can catch them under […]

After Some House Work
Dan’s Fish ‘N’ Tales®

After Some House Work

After pressure washing the house and other stuff, I asked Pepper if he would like to go film an episode of “Pepper and the Fishing Guy™”. He said the fishing wasn’t that good, but would […]

BIG BAITS FOR FALL FISH
Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

BIG BAITS FOR FALL FISH

There are so many reasons that an angler would want to go fishing at this time of year:  First of all, the open water fishing season is winding down.  The landscapes are alive with color.  […]

SUMMER’S FISHING BOUNTY
Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

SUMMER’S FISHING BOUNTY

The summer of 2020 is here.  For most anglers, spring fishing success has ranged from “pretty darn good” to “outstanding” to quote many.  Summer fishing is different than spring fishing.  Some people who fish refer […]

A Constant Education
Bassin' With Captain Mike Gerry

A Constant Education

As we move into the second half of the year the one thing, I always realize is the education process of bass fishing never ends. Just when you think you have figured it out and […]

CATCH MORE FISH NOW
Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

CATCH MORE FISH NOW       

This time of year, late May and through much of June, can provide some of the best fishing action of the year for many species of fish found across the Midwest.  In fact, in the […]

Summertime Weather Affects the Bite
Bassin' With Captain Mike Gerry

Summertime Weather Affects the Bite

As we move on into the summer everything, we thought we understood about the effect of the weather changes; bass fishing changes and the different weather patterns change. In the winter we dealt with many […]

GET READY FOR FISHING
Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

GET READY FOR FISHING

For many of us, it’s been too long between the last ice-fishing trip and the first open water fishing trip of the year.  If you haven’t been fishing on open water yet this year, you’ll […]

Top VPNs for Streaming Content
From The Desks of the ODU Writers

Top VPNs for Streaming Content

Are you looking to stream your favorite movies without interruptions? What about those geo-restricted TV shadows? Well, of course, streaming is an extremely fun activity. However, accessing all types of content isn’t that easy. This […]

OPEN WATER FISHING IDEAS
Fishing The Midwest with Jensen & Frisch

OPEN WATER FISHING IDEAS

Fishing has been on my mind a lot lately.  I’ve been thinking of past trips and future trips.  Many past days of fishing were learning experiences.  What I learned on those fishing trips of the […]