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Steelhead Trout
By: Joe Diorio I’ve never used chartreuse eggs in spawn sacs before. To be honest I saw a FireBlog post [...]
Steelhead
By: Brock Kangas I’ve been fishing spawn sacs for trout and steelhead for as long as everyone else has. We [...]
By: Travis Wendt When steelhead fishing from a boat tactics have evolved in recent years. There’s so many ways to [...]
Salmon
By: Kyle Deavers In some areas of the Great Lakes the fall salmon run is slowing. However, where I fish [...]
Learn Pro Tips: Make a Perfect Sardine Wrapped Plug By: John Albrich PNW anglers are excited because for the first [...]
Try This Perfect Spawn Sac for Great Lakes Salmon By: Jarett Carlson I spent last week salmon fishing the Great [...]
By: John Albrich Springer season in the PNW has been much better than anticipated. With that said there’s a lot [...]
It’s that time of year and we are already catching springers! During the early part of the season I prefer [...]
By: Travis Wendt We are in the heart of steelhead season and the bite has been good on brined shrimp. [...]
By: James Swearingen This season when targeting steelhead in high water I’ve found that drifting a bag and bead combo [...]
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Spawn
By: Mike Ainsworth The rain is finally falling in Washington! This means it’s time to start curing eggs for fall [...]
By: Scott Feist There’s an extreme bait shortage of quality baits, especially anchovies, on the West Coast this summer. Whether [...]
The salmon bite on Lake Ontario’s Canadian waters has been hot. However, the bite didn’t start off great in late [...]
By: James Swearingen It’s been a year now since I’ve been I’ve been introduced to Trout Eggs and I’m here [...]
By: Kyle Deavers Since Covid started I’ve noticed a lot more anglers fishing in the Great Lakes. Many of our [...]
he Sacramento River is in the midst of excellent salmon fishing this season. Countless salmon are being caught drifting and [...]
Lake Ontario salmon season is upon us in the GTA and fishing has been good. We’ve been fortunate to have [...]
By: Bojan “Bojangles” Zivkovic Spring has just about sprung in Southwestern Ontario and we all know what that means: March [...]
Spawn Trout
By: Chris Shaffer It’s no secret that the Blackwater River is one of West Virginia’s most treasured trout fisheries. Located [...]
By: Kyle Deavers It’s seems like every winter I tend to get the same questions from anglers. They always want [...]
By: Toby Wyatt Negative publicity has killed the crowds on the Clearwater River this year, but for the anglers that [...]
Lake Trout
By: Chris Shaffer For more than 15 years I’ve been hoping to fish the Niagara Bar. Meanwhile, the one-to-two times [...]
By: Bob Kratzer Steelhead season is upon us. For many anglers that means curing and fishing eggs. As a guide [...]
By: Tom Armstrong Lake trout is my favourite species to target through the ice. In Thunder Bay I’m lucky enough [...]
By: Chris Shaffer With one major product launch in the rear and another weeks away I called Pautzke pros Stephen [...]
By: Chris Shaffer A few years ago when we came to Lake Ontario in the dead of winter it was [...]
Perch
By: Tom Armstrong Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world. That brings visions of deep, crystal clear, [...]
By: Stephen Shen This time of the year in the Great Lakes we are forced to fish more limited sections [...]
By: Mick Thomas After no fall salmon season (due to no water) we’ve finally got some good news on the [...]
By: James Swearingen We are in the heart of spawn sac season in the Great Lakes and for the first [...]
By Andy Martin Judging by the first few weeks of the 2020 steelhead season on the Chetco River, anglers may [...]
Northern Pike Walleye
By: Kim Anthony I just finished a seminar about brining and dying baits for ice fishing and tend to get [...]
Salmon Steelhead Trout
The Premium Eggs look fabulous because we have hand picked and cleaned them. We’ve spent more time ensuring the cleanest, [...]
I know it seems like I constantly change up my favorite cure – and I do. The truth is I’m [...]
By: Scott Feist As everybody knows I’ve been a true Pautzke fan for many years, even before I was on [...]
By: Kyle McClelland There’s an endless number of ways to cure salmon eggs. However, with the increase in fishing pressure [...]
By: Duane Inglin It’s almost fall in the Pacific Northwest and salmon have started entering rivers in effort to reach [...]
By: Bob Kratzer It’s fall salmon time and that means egg fishing. We all work on coming up with the [...]
By: Bojan “Bojangles” Zivkovic The weather has finally started to cool down in Southern Ontario which is a clear sign [...]
By: Jeff Goodwin We are edging towards the historical peak of the fall salmon run on the Sacramento River in [...]
By: Mike Ainsworth Fall is upon us and that means it’s time to start curing eggs for fall salmon and [...]
By: Stephen Shen When fishing New York’s Salmon River with skein it’s important to have eggs that hold color in [...]
By: Big Dave Manners Crowds can be insane when salmon fishing and it’s only going to get worse. That’s why [...]
By: Todd Daniels Western Washington’s pink salmon run came in much higher than forecasted and it’s not over yet. Anglers [...]
By: Kyle Deavers Salmon season has begun in the Great Lakes and fish are already keying in on cured skein. [...]
By: Stephen Shen Another historic salmon season is underway in the Great Lakes where salmon fishing is incredible. Our fish [...]
By: Toby Wyatt After a dismal preseason forecast we’ve been pleasantly surprised at how good the fishing has been at [...]
Lingcod
By: Chris Shaffer There’s no doubt Alaska serves up some of the best lingcod fishing in the world. And, while [...]
By: Toby Wyatt Drano Lake was expected to have a down run this year and it’s been slower than normal. [...]
By: Kyle Buschelman While anglers have been trolling the Columbia River for a few months in search of springers we [...]
By: James Swearingen This time of year most anglers think that because there’s colder water you want to use a [...]
By: Tom Armstrong Unrelenting cold temperatures have plagued Northwestern Ontario for months. It’s been cold, ugly, consistently -30C and the [...]
By: Kyle McClelland Northern and Western Michigan offers exceptional steelhead fishing during the winter. However, this winter anglers have had [...]
Crappie
By: Eric Cagle A colder and wetter winter has altered our normal patterns on Lake Jordan. It’s kind of one [...]
By: Troy CreasyJust when we thought the Salmon River and other Lake Ontario tributaries we’re going into a deep freeze [...]
By: Bojan Zivkovic This year our salmon season was later than normal and staying with that theme our steelhead are [...]
By: James Swearingen There’s two ways to fish eggs in the fall for trout and steelhead: in egg sacks and [...]
By: Eric Cagle Fall fishing on the Alabama River can be the most productive time of the year for big [...]
Salmon Steelhead
By: Bob Kratzer Fall salmon season is in full swing. I cure a lot of eggs this time of year. [...]
By: Mike Ainsworth When our rivers were low and clear, and the fish had lockjaw a few weeks ago I [...]
By: James Swearingen Even though our Pennsylvania steelhead season is about a month behind we in the midst of the [...]
By: Andy Bliss In November in the Great Lakes there’s one common denominator when it comes to tributary fishing; and [...]
By: Isaac Zettle Western New York is in the heart of another strong salmon return and fresh fish continue to [...]
By: Ted Kessler Our salmon have changed their habits this year. Traditionally, we aim to cure an orangey-pinkish egg, but [...]
By: Kyle Deavers Most people know for the last several years I’ve been mixing BorX O Fire and Fire Cure [...]
By: Jason Thatcher Not every curing method is the right one for every fishing application. This holds especially true when [...]
By: Ted Kessler The salmon run started slow on the Niagara River, but it’s at par right now. We are [...]
By: Bojan “Bojangles” Zivkovic On the heels of an excellent big lake season our GTA rivers are plugged with salmon. [...]
By: Mike Ainsworth It’s fall again and that means egg fishing and curing time. While there are many complex cures [...]
By: Big Duane Inglin It’s salmon season on the West Coast and many anglers will be using a bobber and [...]
By: Kyle Deavers Great Lakes salmon anglers who don’t believe color matters when curing eggs are wrong. Color does matter. [...]
By: Troy Creasy There’s been a lot of salmon swimming up the Salmon River this season. Most of them came [...]
By: Scott Williams Fall is one of the best seasons to fish for crappie at Lake Blackshear. Crowds are down, [...]
By: Andy Bliss After the incredible summer fishery we saw on Lake Ontario the early returns of spawning salmon has [...]
By: Toby Wyatt While most of the Columbia River is closed to salmon fishing the Hanford Reach is still open [...]
By: Jeff Goodwin We are knocking on October’s door, which means the upper sections of the Sacramento River will see [...]
Catfish
By: Dustin Slinker I’ve spent decades fishing all over North America and grew up catfishing in the Midwest, but I [...]
By: Mick Thomas The Klamath River is absolutely loaded with salmon right now. Unfortunately, we met the quota for adult [...]
By: Kyle McClelland This fall’s salmon run has been one of the largest I’ve seen in my lifetime. We’ve had [...]
By: Mike Bogue There are two ways many of us fish for salmon in rivers: we run plugs and fish [...]
By: Alan Borges On many of the big river systems along the West Coast the water tends to be warmer [...]
By: Mike Ainsworth Chinook retention has expired for the year in Puget Sound. Fortunately, there’s still plenty of coho around [...]
By: Kyle Buschelman The Buoy 10 madness has passed. Many of us Oregon guides now migrate back to our home [...]
By: James Swearingen Now that our Ohio River basin catfish have spawned they are aggressively feeding to prepare for winter. [...]
Kokanee
By: Chris Shaffer Stampede Reservoir is one of California’s most consistent kokanee fisheries every year. On the other hand, it [...]
By: Kyle McClelland It’s been a great year for salmon on Lake Michigan. We’ve had good numbers and the size [...]
By: Kyle McClelland When we first started trolling for salmon in the big lake in May, June and July we [...]
By: Gary Blasi It’s been a good year for salmon fishing on the Pacific Ocean in the KMZ (Klamath Management [...]
By: Chris Shaffer We had planned to film Pautzke Outdoors this week in Southern California’s Kern River Drainage until guide [...]
By: Troy Whitaker We never know what to believe, but the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife is predicting that [...]
By: Chris Shaffer We had three strikes against us upon arrival to Santee Cooper lakes to target catfish in the [...]
By: Toby Wyatt After being spoiled for many years some anglers are going to have to work harder to catch [...]
By: Scott Feist The Sacramento River is going to be better than expected for salmon this year. It’s no secret [...]
Blue Crabs
By: Chris Shaffer A few weeks ago I received a call from outdoor writer Tom Pagliaroli. Pagliaroli had found our [...]
By: Kyle Deavers Let’s be honest, five to eight years ago few anglers were running herring strips in the Great [...]
By: James Swearingen Chicken and beef liver are soft catfish baits. Almost every time you cast them they tend to [...]
By: Gary Blasi When targeting West Coast ocean, bay or estuary salmon brining them is mandatory. Without brining your bait [...]
By: TC Lloyd Most anglers don’t fish for crappie in the summer on Santee Cooper. In fact, in several days [...]
By: Troy Barr For many years Bullards Bar had some of the smallest kokanee in California. This was because of [...]
By: Chris Shaffer Humidity, heat, afternoon thunderstorms and longer days spell good catfishing across Alabama. While kids are still out [...]
By: Mike Ainsworth On the heels of several average years Puget Sound is having a phenomenal year of king and [...]
By: Mick Thomas It’s been a long time since fishing was this good on the Klamath River. I’m surprised how [...]
By Andy Martin Brookings is the center of one of the most productive feeding areas for south-migrating king salmon. While [...]
By: Kevin Davis This year has been the best king salmon fishing ever on Lake Ontario. We are catching all [...]
By: Kyle Deavers This has been one of the better trolling seasons we’ve experienced in a long time. We’ve seen [...]
By: Duane Inglin While ocean returning coho are still a few months out it’s not too early to think about [...]
By: Chris Shaffer When target king salmon in the Great Lakes cut bait has become a valuable tool. Cut bait [...]
