As if muskies aren’t difficult to catch anyway, add a massive cold front or an extreme heat wave into the mix and they can become nearly impossible to move.

To me, casting crank baits is a walleye tactic. To many anglers, it’s a bass tactic.

Anyone who has encountered the northern pike or muskie has also encountered the dreaded “bite off”, so common when these fish come unglued on a bucktail, jerkbait, jig or spoon.

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My favorite water is the entire Bay of Green Bay, but the tactics I use to fish this body of water will work in many areas around the Great Lakes. Starting in late April through mid-Jun

Trolling is a great way to put baits in the strike zone whenever you’re targeting walleyes that are scattered in open water.

Where’s the best place to find walleyes in late summer? Wherever the walleyes are feeding - that’s where!

I absolutely won’t tie a leader with anything other than Vanish.

Late fall and winter offer the best chance at a 10-pound walleye – or several of them – in Michigan’s Saginaw River and Saginaw Bay.

Although summer time typically marks the peak of walleye activity on most bodies of water, there are still times when the fish seem to go into a funk and just go off the bite.

Flat, calm, sunny days in mid-summer, July-August, can lead to tough days for the wary angler chasing walleyes.

The "Dog-Days" of summer is often considered one of the toughest times of year to consistently target walleyes, but it's really not if you look in the right places and use the right tactics

It’s a scenario that plays out on many walleye waters, particularly large reservoirs. Walleyes relating to a shallow break along the old river channel in the upper stretches of the reservoir.

On many natural lakes, walleyes can be found relating to main lake reef structures throughout most of the season, from spawn right through fall.

Bottom Bouncer Live Bait Rigging is a great tactic to use when walleyes are relating tight to deep structure and are considered to be in a neutral or negative feeding mood.

I start pulling bottom bouncers when the walleyes begin moving into deeper water in early summer, and will use this technique all th

On the Great Lakes, you can troll crankbaits just about anytime.

A lot of different crankbaits catch walleye. A few of these lures even catch walleye often, but only a handful of crankbaits catch walleye routinely.