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Seth Feider’s Bass Fishing Approach: Northern Lakes, Smallmouth Tactics & Tournament Gear

Seth Feider has built his career as one of the most recognizable bass anglers in the country, but at his core, he is still a Minnesota bass fisherman. Long before he was competing on the…

June 1, 2026

Seth feider final

Seth feider final

Seth Feider’s Bass Fishing Approach: Northern Lakes, Smallmouth Tactics & Tournament Gear

June 1, 2026

boat electronics

boat electronics

Blog Posts

Boat Electronics Setup Tips: Power, Wiring, and Battery Planning with Ryan Dechaine

May 27, 2026

multi species setups

multi species setups

Blog Posts

3 Multi-Species Fishing Setups That Catch Bass, Panfish, and Walleye

May 26, 2026

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AB4 Thumbnail

Ryan Dechaine on Multi-Species Fishing, Dialed Tackle & Boat Electronics

May 26, 2026

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Minnesota Trout Opener 2026

Minnesota Trout Opener 2026

ICE TROUT-SALMON

Minnesota Trout Opener 2026

February 13, 2026

Chasing Big Crappies with Frostbite Lures

Chasing Big Crappies with Frostbite Lures

Chasing Big Crappies with Frostbite Lures

February 5, 2026

Ice Fishing Largemouth Bass Finding Fish in Deep Winter Weeds

Ice Fishing Largemouth Bass Finding Fish in Deep Winter Weeds

Ice Fishing Largemouth Bass: Finding Fish in Deep Winter Weeds

byJames Lindner

January 26, 2026

Basin Crappies Explained Finding Chasing and Catching Them

Basin Crappies Explained Finding Chasing and Catching Them

Hard Baits for Basin Crappies: Why They Trigger Bigger Fish

January 23, 2026

How to Find the Best Minnesota Trout Lakes This Winter Using onX Fish

How to Find the Best Minnesota Trout Lakes This Winter Using onX Fish

How to Find the Best Minnesota Trout Lakes This Winter Using onX Fish

byBrenan Clendening

January 21, 2026

How to Find Deep Suspended Crappies with Forward Facing Sonar

How to Find Deep Suspended Crappies with Forward Facing Sonar

How to Find Deep Suspended Crappies with Forward-Facing Sonar

byJames Lindner

January 17, 2026

red lake adventure

red lake adventure

Red Lake Ice Fishing: Crappies, Walleyes & Finding Schools with Mega Live 2

January 10, 2026

MN Ice Walleye

MN Ice Walleye

Early Ice Walleye Strategies, Big Fish Lakes & Modern Ice Tactics

January 9, 2026

Using onX Fish to Locate Fish Habitat Faster

Using onX Fish to Locate Fish Habitat Faster

Using onX Fish to Locate Fish Habitat Faster

January 3, 2026

mille lacs perch breakdown

mille lacs perch breakdown

How to Find Jumbo Perch on Lake Mille Lacs in Winter

December 23, 2025

TOP DESTINATIONS

Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba: A Fishing Destination

Leech Lake

Leech Lake

Destination-Travel

Fishing Shallow on Leech Lake

AB3 Jason Freed

AB3 Jason Freed

Mastering Big Water Walleyes: How to Find and Catch Fish on Large Lakes

4 hot fishing bites going on right now in the midwest

4 hot fishing bites going on right now in the midwest

Destination-Travel

4 Hot Bites Going on Right Now for Big Numbers of Fish

ice fishing greenbacks

ice fishing greenbacks

Ice Fishing Greenbacks on Lake Winnipeg

best musky spots

best musky spots

4 BEST Musky Spots for Trophy Musky

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Lake Vermilion, Minnesota

Lake Vermilion

Lake Vermilion

Discovering the Jewel of Northern Minnesota: Lake Vermilion

TOP MUSKY FISHERIES IN THE UPPER MIDWEST

TOP MUSKY FISHERIES IN THE UPPER MIDWEST

Top Musky Fisheries in the Upper Midwest

Q Lake Lodge

Q Lake Lodge

Manitoba Drive-To Fishing Hot Spot – Q Lake Lodge

Lake Vermilion - A Scenic Angling Paradise

Lake Vermilion - A Scenic Angling Paradise

Lake Vermilion — A Scenic Angling Paradise

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Wheelhouse Breakfast

Wheelhouse Breakfast

Easy Wheelhouse Breakfast

March 10, 2021

cleaning burbot

cleaning burbot

Cooking and Cleaning Burbot

March 17, 2023

Mr. Bluegill’s Bluegill Recipe

byTroy Peterson

July 13, 2016

COOKING FISH

Bacon Wrapped Walleye

October 9, 2024

Simple Smoked Rainbow Trout Recipe (Easy Brine Method)

February 10, 2026

How To Make Catfish Wontons

August 24, 2022

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fish armor

fish armor

Fish Armor Boat Setup: Use Your Ice Fishing Shuttle Year-Round

Fish Armor is best known for building durable ice-fishing shuttle systems, but this setup gives anglers a simple way to use the same electronics system during open-water season. Instead of…

May 20, 2026

slip bobber rig

slip bobber rig

How to Rig a Slip Bobber for Walleye Fishing

May 20, 2026

sea foam

sea foam

How to Help Your Outboard Start After Winter Storage

May 15, 2026

How to Fish the St. Louis River and Lake Superior’s South Shore for Walleyes

May 11, 2026

How to Choose the Right Swimbait Color Without Overthinking It

May 7, 2026

Swimbait Fishing Tips for Walleye, Bass, Crappie, and More

May 4, 2026

One Swimbait Setup That Catches Almost Everything

May 1, 2026

WALLEYE

early spring walleye

early spring walleye

Early Spring River Walleye Fishing: How to Catch More Fish with a Dubuque Rig

April 4, 2026

trolling produces

trolling produces

WALLEYE

Mastering the Art of Trolling: Open-Water Tactics

June 30, 2025

ned rigging walleyes

ned rigging walleyes

WALLEYE

Ned Rigging Walleyes

byTroy Peterson

September 13, 2024

blade baits for walleye

WALLEYE

Blade Baits for Walleye

byJames Lindner

plastics for river walleye

WALLEYE

Plastics for River Walleye

Spring Walleye Fishing

AnglingBuzz Show 2: Spring Walleye Fishing

top 10 best spring walleye lures

WALLEYE

Top 10 Best Spring Walleye Lures

Jig Color and Weight

WALLEYE

Jig Color and Weight

byJames Lindner

Hook a Shiner

WALLEYE

The Best Way to Hook a Shiner

byBrian Brosdahl

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PANFISH

Fishing Better by Design The Story Behind 1standards Next Gen Crappie Baits

Fishing Better by Design The Story Behind 1standards Next Gen Crappie Baits

Fishing Better by Design: The Story Behind 1standard’s Next-Gen Crappie Baits

November 6, 2025

Introducing 1Standard Crappie Jigs and Plastics Designed by Panfish Pros

Introducing 1Standard Crappie Jigs and Plastics Designed by Panfish Pros

Introducing 1Standard: Crappie Jigs and Plastics Designed by Panfish Pros

October 2, 2025

Light Jig Crappie Fishing

Light Jig Crappie Fishing

PANFISH

Optimizing Your Panfish Setup: Expert Gear and Techniques for Crappie Fishing

June 2, 2025

leech lake spring crappies

PANFISH

Leech Lake Spring Crappie

spring crappie gear

Bro’s Spring Crappie Gear

byBrian Brosdahl

early season crappie

PANFISH

Early Season Crappie: Tips and Strategies

fall crappies

PANFISH

Targeting Fall Crappies

byBlake Tollefson

summer panfish jigs

PANFISH

4 Must Have Summer Panfish Jigs

Panfish Set-Up

PANFISH

The Ultimate Panfish Set-Up

byBrian Brosdahl

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PIKE & MUSKY

leech lake musky study

leech lake musky study

What the Leech Lake Muskie Study Is Revealing About Movement, Survival, and Forward-Facing Sonar

April 30, 2026

Leech Lake Musky Fishing

Leech Lake Musky Fishing

PIKE-MUSKY

Why Leech Lake Musky Fishing Remains A Destination of Choice

July 15, 2025

Musky Trolling

Musky Trolling

PIKE-MUSKY

Mastering the Art of Musky Trolling: A Deep Dive Into Spreads and Planer Board Systems

July 14, 2025

best northern pike rods

PIKE-MUSKY

7 Best Northern Pike Rods

summer pike fishing setup

PIKE-MUSKY

Summer Pike Fishing Setup

byJames Lindner

best musky rods

PIKE-MUSKY

Best Musky Fishing Rods

fall muskies

PIKE-MUSKY

Magnum Softbaits for Gigantic Late Fall Muskies

Lure Modifications

PIKE-MUSKY

4 Musky Lure Modifications

catch pressured muskies

PIKE-MUSKY

How to Catch Pressured Muskies (Lures that Actually Work)

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BASS

Moping For Bass

Moping For Bass

BASS

Moping For Bass: How a “Lonely Minnow” Changed Modern Bass Fishing Forever

June 16, 2025

Bass on Jerkbaits

Bass on Jerkbaits

BASS

How to Catch More Bass on Jerkbaits This Fall

October 6, 2023

Tokyo Rig

Tokyo Rig

BASS

Tokyo Rigging Bass

October 5, 2023

wacky rigging

BASS

Wacky RIGGING Tactics for Cold-Water Bass

Fall River smallmouth bass

BASS

River Smallmouth Bass In Fall

fish bass tubes

BASS

How to Fish Bass Tubes

topwater bass fishing

BASS

Topwater Bass Fishing

spring smallmouth bass

BASS

Spring Smallmouth Bass Location and Lure Preference

bass tubes

BASS

Bass Tubes: The Nuclear Bomb of Smallmouth Fishing

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TROUT & SALMON

Onchor trolling rods

Onchor trolling rods

Onchor Trolling Rods

June 4, 2024

catch spring steelhead

catch spring steelhead

TROUT-SALMON

How to Catch Spring Steelhead

April 29, 2024

Trolling Spring Brown Trout 2

Trolling Spring Brown Trout 2

TROUT-SALMON

Trolling for Spring Brown Trout (FULL Breakdown)

March 11, 2024

spring stream trout fishing

TROUT-SALMON

Early Season Stream Trout

byBlake Tollefson

fall steelhead

TROUT-SALMON

Fall Steelhead and Brown Trout in Rivers

Fall Lake Trout

Fall Lake Trout in the Northern Manitoba

byHunt Fish Manitoba

Saskatchewan fishing

Saskatchewan Fishing: A Canadian Destination

minnow bait

Minnow Bait Management

Lake Trout Baits

Lake Trout Baits

CATFISH

best catfish baits

best catfish baits

CATFISH

10 Best Catfish Baits

August 10, 2023

summer Catfish Rig Strategies for River Log Jams

summer Catfish Rig Strategies for River Log Jams

CATFISH

Summer Catfish Strategies for Log Jams

byJames Lindner

August 8, 2023

Catfishing Tips

Catfishing Tips

CATFISH

Early Season Catfish with Spinner Rigs

May 8, 2021

Channel Catfish

CATFISH

Channel Catfish River Strategies

byJames Lindner

Pearase

CATFISH

RED RIVER CATFISH

byDonovan Pearase

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CATFISH

Catfish – Fishing Holes in Small Rivers

SUMMER CATFISHING

CATFISH

Summer Catfishing

Catfish Location in rivers

CATFISH

Catfish Location in Rivers

When it comes to catching catfish, it's tough to beat standard operating procedure. Mainly, rigging a piece of fresh cut bait on a hook, line and sinker. Letting it sit somewhere, catfish can smell fresh fish on the menu, move in to investigate, tentatively "whisker" things over, and then wrap their lips around the sushi of the day. But catfish don't always feed on bottom. In fact, when they are aggressively feeding, they routinely rise up to pursue baitfish. It's the perfect time and conditions to take that seductive strip of sushi for a summertime spin. Spinner rigging is a common tactic for summertime walleye and perch, but it is starting to catch on for other species like sturgeon and catfish in river fishing situations. In the video above, James Lindner and Nick Lindner are fishing in deep water near a dam where the current is cruising. This is a prime situation to employ spinner rigging tactics when catfish are active and hunting for food. Choosing the right rig, James recommends a simple #3 VMC HydroFlow spinner with a single hook. This is essentially your standard "minnow rig" for trolling walleyes. Take a thin strip of fresh cut sucker and the hook it through the tip of the strip. You want the meat to be fluid in the water with room to move around in the current. You'll want to use a three-way rig to keep this system fishing efficiently. A heavy weight will keep you pinned to the bottom, even in heavy current. Your spinner rig will be suspended a couple feet above, connected to the three-way rig by a short leader. With this system, you can fish extremely efficiently in deepwater, rushing river situations. As far as rod/reel/line goes, you want something that can handle a tough fight in the current. James prefers an 8'6" rod paired with a baitcasting reel, spooled up with 20lb test Sufix Siege monofilament line. With this presentation, you don't need to jig it or pump it. Let it soak with your rod in a fixed position and your sinker on or near the bottom with a tight line. These dam areas tend to have quite a few snags that will eat up traditional catfish rigs. This three-way spinner rigging system fishes much cleaner and gets hung up less in these situations.

CATFISH

Spring Catfish Mastery: Spinner Rigging for High Water Success

byJames Lindner

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