If you don’t subscribe to the next level but you like listening to the podcast…here is a little taste of what you get with The Next Level. The difference between the winning mentality and consistently looking for a top 20 finish. Always evolving and always looking to improve can be a confusing and frustrating task. […]
Keep it simple. Jigs are the most versatile Walleye bait made. Cast them, jig them, pitch them, vertical jig them, drag them…it doesn’t matter how you work them, a jig will produce bites. In this podcast we talk a little bit about jigging and our favorite jigs and jig presentations. It’s a big topic…I think […]
It’s Saturday morning and the boats are lining up. Team 1 comes over the radio and you see team 1 blast off. Team 15 is called and you slam down the throttle and hear that big motor come to life. The loud growl of outboard horse power barks out and you are off. You round […]
What ever doesn’t kill you…makes you stronger. In fishing the painful is often times the best lesson we can learn. When Plan A and B fail most have no idea what Plan C is. If you want to be a consistent fisherman and fish tournaments and produce fish, you need to always be thinking about […]
Late spring and early summer is a perfect time to get out the slip bobbers. One of the most effective ways to work tight areas of structure for big big fish. This technique is often overlooked by tournament anglers due to it’s slow pace, but this versatile way of fishing can be ultra productive. A […]
Open water is here and the Walleye are moving away from the rivers and the spawning grounds and starting to school up and transition into the early summer pattern. Fish are scattered and on the move. Here today and no where to be found tomorrow. Big fish can be tough to find unless you are […]
Rigging your boat is highly personal. A bracket here and a rod holder there. It is all about personal feel and what you have seen others do. Due to popular requests we go into how we rig our boats now and how we have rigged old boats. We rig our boats to be efficient and […]
As Walleye fishing and Walleye anglers continue to grow and expand their sometimes old school thought processes, more and more Walleye anglers are starting to resemble bass anglers. Multiple rods used to optimize the number of baits that hit the water in a given area. Aggressive shallow water tactics and less live bait produce more […]
It’s that time of year. Time to sit back and watch all those who sit on the ramps and load their boats. Time to watch the cover come off for the first time this year while the boat is blocking a lane and is backed to the waters edge. It’s time to see all the […]
This is one of our original episodes on trolling leadcore for Walleye. A lot of great information about using leadcore to get your baits down closer to the bottom and in those deeper strike zones. Spring, fall and basin trolling are all prime examples of how leadcore can be used to produce more and bigger […]
