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The Wilderness Walleye Experience
By: Mark Romanack Small boats like this SmokerCraft Freedom 160 T are ideal for fishing most of the wilderness walleye waters found...

Power Corking
By: Mark Romanack The deeper they go, the more Power Corking shines as a means of targeting crappie, walleye, smallmouth and a host of...

Live Bait for Bass
By: Mark Romanack Smallmouth bass are beautiful fish. How an angler catches them is not an ethical dilemma, but rather simple “angler's...

Scent Fishing Strategies
By: Mark Romanack It’s widely known that trout and salmon use their sense of scent to not only find food, but also to aid in annual...

The Power of Jerkbaits
By: Mark Romanack The author (right) teamed up with Travis White of Keweenaw Charter Fishing Company to tackle coho, splake, lake trout...

The Ice Fishing Deadstick
By: Mark Romanack When it comes to ice fishing success on walleye, sometimes doing less is more. For those who have put in their time...


Still Going Strong
By: Mark Romanack As Fishing 411 TV begins a new TV season, it’s the perfect time to reflect and also to trudge forward in the goal of...


Board Doctor
By: Mark Romanack Putting your name and telephone number on planer boards is a simple and easy way to help insure if you lose a board, it...

Understanding Trout Plugs
By: Mark Romanack The Mag Lip has become the author’s “go to” plug for targeting steelhead like this one and also coho, chinook, lake...

Jigs I Can’t Live Without
By: Mark Romanack Long line trolling for crappie calls for a long shank jig that features an ultra sharp hook. The Eagle Claw Pro-V Ball...

Fall Time is Trolling Time
By: Mark Romanack Crankbaits like this Bill Lewis PWC Lite are so effective because they can be fished at a multitude of depths. Using...

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