Several downrigger styles are available. Electric downriggers are standard on most charter boats. An electric 'rigger deploys and reels in the downrigger weight, which may weigh 10 or 12 pounds or ...

Trolling is a very effective way to catch fish of all kinds, but the deeper you have to go, the harder trolling becomes because of the need for more weights and longer lines to get down to where the ...

Here is Tony Floor’s Tackle Box report for September: As an old dog – getting older – who has been around a salmon rod for decades, I have an issue I want to share with you. In mid-July, I ...

Discover the best fall king salmon fishing tactics on the Great Lakes. Learn how to catch trophy kings from small boats, shore, and rivers during the fall run.

Anglers wanting to improve their skills should consider attending the two-day Salmon University later in March in Kent. For the ninth year, Tom Nelson of Salmon University is bringing together some of ...

A Lake Superior troller, John Ehlers grew tired of losing fish. He knew it happened when his line was momentarily slack after it released from a downrigger cable or a planer board. So Ehlers started ...

Battle lines are drawn again in Wisconsin over the hidebound issue of motorized back trolling for muskies. A groundswell of pressure has risen in the muskie hotbeds of Vilas and Oneida counties to ...

Catching only an occasional big kingfish using an offshore "Fishing Kite" isn't likely to make this trolling system catch fire throughout the saltwater mackerel world. But Florida Capt. Alex Leva, ...

Anglers wanting to improve their skills should consider attending the two-day Salmon University later in March in Kent. For the ninth year, Tom Nelson of Salmon University is bringing together some of ...