By Chris Shaffer | 05/17/2011 With the sun ricocheting off Lake Tahoe’s motionless, mirror surface, the 8 o’clock hour seemed to drag on forever. Repetition set in. Cookie cutter mackinaw came to the boat, one after another. In the hour, we’d caught and released at least a dozen of these fat, yet smaller macks. Honestly, […]
By Duane Inglin | 04/28/2011 How many different colors can you make your Tiger Prawn? I guess the question should be, “How many different colors of Nectar does Pautzke’s actually produce”? If you said 5, then you are on the right track. With that, we will stick with the basics just to make sense of […]
By Anton Jones | 01/04/2011 UPPER COLUMBIA STEELHEAD – THIS ISN’T THE SKYKOMISH! They may be called summer steelhead, but on Washington State’s Upper Columbia River, October through March is the prime time to catch these ocean going rainbow trout! The Department of Fish and Wildlife varies the starts and closures, but over the last […]
By Bill Divens | 12/20/2010 Having spent countless days guiding Northern California and Southern Oregon rivers, I’ve discovered that underwater visibility of bait is one key ingredient to catching more salmon. Employing simple optical concepts puts more salmon in the box. While we’ll only be scratching the surface on this topic, let’s start our exploration […]
By Brian Kelly | 12/13/2010 Shrimp are a highly utilized bait in the Pacific Northwest steelhead scene since they are fairly common and are a natural food source for the ocean going steelhead. But, shrimp are beginning to catch on here in the Great Lakes, too, as the chrome transplants from the West Coast have […]
By Paul LeFebvre | 12/03/2010 On the Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast we can fish for salmon every month of the year except for January and February. As the year progresses from summer into fall the Southern Oregon Coast angler shifts from the larger river systems like the Klamath and the Rogue to the smaller, shorter, […]
By Ted Kessler | 11/26/2010 While our window to catch them is short compared to what guys out West are used to, the Niagara River produces a consistent run of Chinook salmon each fall. And, a rainy, cool late September drew many kings into the lower Niagara River this year, which is common. However, the […]
By Joel Shangle | 11/10/2010 A bait-wrapped plug is one of the best Chinook baits on the West Coast, and Pautzke Pro Team member Troy Whitaker proved it when his sardine-wrapped Kwikfish accounted for the winning fish at the 15th Annual Middle Rogue Derby. Whitaker is one of several Pautzke Pros who have discovered the […]
By Terry Wiest | 10/06/2010 Many years ago when I was a kid my favorite trout bait was Pautzke’ Balls O’ Fire. Never a question as it always produced trout. Always looking for an advantage though I noticed the “egg goo” they used to sell which was a large jar of the egg runoff and […]
By Andy Martin | 09/02/2010 When it comes to fall salmon in Northern California, no bait catches more big fish than bright clusters of roe, often fished with a Spin-N-Glo or Puff Ball. Back-bounced, floated below a bobber, even side-drifted, gobs of salmon eggs are like candy to big fall kings. Many successful anglers and […]
