By: James Swearingen This time of year most anglers think that because there’s colder water you want to use a smaller spawn sacks when steelhead fishing. I don’t subscribe to that. Instead I prefer larger bait and still catch plenty of fish. As with all fishing the key is experimenting. Size Matters When I tie […]
By: James Swearingen Salmon fever is high in the Great Lakes. Many of us are drifting skein or sacks under a float and catching lots of king salmon. Meanwhile, this time of year when we catch Great Lakes salmon most of the skeins are still tight and immature. Because of this many of the salmon […]
By: Steven Theel Fall salmon season is kicking off in the Northwest. On the Rogue River in Southern Oregon we’re in the middle of our salmon run. On the middle section we have a bad population of Umpqua pikeminnow’s that steal bait before it hits the bottom. To combat the problem, and be able to […]
By: Troy Whitaker Using spawns sacks when fishing bait this summer and fall has become imperative on the Middle Rogue River. It’s not that spawn sacks work better than globs of roe, however. The reason why we are using spawn sacks on the Rogue is we have a bad population of squawfish that seem even […]
By: Bojangles Pautzke’s Fire Bait is effective, simple to use and a proven trout-catcher in Canada and the United States. The dough bait floats, has vibrant colors, a strong trout-attracting scent and is designed to keep your bait floating off bottom at your desired depth in the water column. This makes it the perfect bait […]