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Leupold Daylight Max polarized lenses are designed for low-light conditions. The author put them to the test during his most-recent Minnesota open-water fishing season.

Landowners in snow country can make life easier on winter whitetails by using a tractor to plow away deep snow from food plots.

The Benchmade 7-inch Fishcrafter is put to the test on everything from bluegills and crappies to northern pike and channel catfish — and even whitetail backstraps.

Professional bass angler Keith Poche and a buddy attempt to find bass in the backcountry, and along the way they get stuck (several times) and break down.

This YouTube video of Ivan Nastic hooking a monster bluefin tuna from shore on a topwater popper has been viewed more than 2.3 million times; check it out and you’ll see why!

Many bass anglers prefer to skip under docks and other overhanging cover with a baitcasting reel, but it’s not easy to do without getting a backlash. Here’s a simple tip to make it much easier.

Fall is an excellent time for catching walleyes, especially in small to medium-sized rivers.

Casting to muskies is most common during summer, but during fall many anglers will switch to trolling crankbaits, using live bait, or jigging tubes vertically. When and where are these fall techniques most effective?

When muskies leave the shallows and begin moving toward main lake basins, trolling is an effective way to find and catch fish.

Fall is an ideal time to target crappies on weedlines. Here’s a simple system for finding and catching slaps.

Professional bass angler and popular YouTube content creator Ben Milliken visits northern Idaho and catches his PB smallmouth — 8 pounds, 3 ounces!

Fall is an excellent time to target walleyes and smallmouth in deep water as they set up on structures in preparation for winter. Here’s one simple and super-effective way to catch them.

A musky is tough enough to catch with baitcasting gear; trying to do it with fly gear is insanely hard.

Three generations catch three muskies — on the same day!

In a world of high-tech fishing, it’s refreshing to see an angler who is the definition of “old school.”

Late summer is an excellent time to target bass, and oftentimes the best few hours are those leading up to dark.

One of the best spots to catch largemouth bass during summer is reed beds (bulrushes). Here’s how to find and catch bass in even the biggest reed beds.