Fishing Resources

Fishing Resources

Learn all of the latest-and-greatest fishing tips before you head out on the water. These fishing videos and fishing articles help you improve your fishing skills and learn new techniques. Once you've put those newfound skills to work for you, brag about your success in our Trophy Room.

Our fishing tips cover everything from general tips on how to keep your bait active to help with specific products. You can also browse fishing articles that profile specific fish species to learn techniques for reeling in your favorite catch.

Want more action? Check out the fishing videos showcased in this section, which show you how to get the most out of our fishing tackle. We've got fishing videos of Ted Takasaki himself showing you how to best use fishing tackle such as the Shake-E Blade.

And once you learn some great fishing techniques from the fishing articles and videos, you can show the world your success by submitting your picture to our Trophy Room wall.

Fishing Articles

Tap the Night Bite for Early 'Eyes 

Tap the Night Bite for Early 'Eyes

Early season walleye fishing can be a time of plenty, but on many lakes—especially clear waters—the action is fastest at night. The reason is simple: it’s when walleyes are most active. 

Lindy's Jon Thelen offers helpful advice and tactics for getting the most out of time on the water during this incredible period.

Driftin' Jigs for Trout

Driftin' Jigs for Trout

A bug’s life isn’t all it’s cracked up to be – at least not in a trout stream.  With limited mobility, aquatic insects in most stages of life pretty much have to go with the flow.  Trout seem to sense this, and they stack up in the places where bugs and other foodstuff tend to drift.

Using Live Bait for Fishing 

Live Bait Gathering & Keeping

When I was a youngster in the 1950s, the idea of buying live bait was never entertained in our household. "It's a waste of hard-earned money when you can get off your rear-end and gather all the bait you need," my father would tell me.

Fishing for Perch in the Summer

Summer Perchin'

Perch fishing is one of summer's simple pleasures. As a kid, I recall waiting all winter for the first warm days of summer to head down to the 'Lake' for some jumbos.