Understanding Devil’s Lake Transitions to CATCH MORE FISH Our Vexilar’s don’t show a person a huge picture of the water column when fishing shallow areas, in fact, sometimes the bite actually scares the bejeezus out of you. It happens so quickly and without any advance notice by the electronics. In comparison, when we fish in 40-55 feet of water out…
Hammer That Shoreline Ledge Devil’s Lake fishing, season long, is a game of transitions. The fish transition to different areas and different depths at certain times of the year. There are many factors involved, but it is inevitable that they are going to be in transition spots at roughly the same time, every year. The transition we are in right…
How Something So Beneficial Can Be So Problematic At The Same Time! We’ve all seen it, a glorious picture pops up on Facebook or Instagram of piles of perch and the poster claims it was a buddy’s friend’s second cousin’s boyfriend’s brother-in-law who caught them on a bass lake in June. You get your stuff ready and fly out the…
The Rise of the Slush Pocket This cold front that has lasted well over a week has been a help in ice production and on most areas there is sufficient ice to hold most full sized vehicles. Lots of places reporting 15-18 inches of ice. Trouble is, you can’t get a full sized pick up out onto the ice in…
Timber, Oh That Lovely Timber, To See The Forest For The Trees! I cannot express to you the validity of the following statement, and I will say it a thousand times: THERE ARE ALWAYS FISH IN THE TREES! This statement has remained true since I began fishing Devils Lake and it will remain true long ofter I am dead and…
