The Value of Sustainable Resources, My Thoughts, My Opinion
By: Mark Romanack The outdoor experience is priceless to many of us. There are lots of ways to measure the success of the experience. In...
SpinFish for Trout and Salmon
By: Mark Romanack The SpinFish is a unique cut-plug design that allows anglers to stuff the lure with cut bait, scent products or a...
Smallmouth Explosion
By: Mark Romanack Big and beautiful, the smallmouth bass thrives in clear to stained waters all across the Great Lakes region. It’s...
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
By: Mark Romanack Clearly in our path to catch more desirable species we often overlook the fact that catching fish, any fish, is fun and...
The Lost Art of Netting A Fish
By: Mark Romanack In jigging or casting applications, the landing net is bet positioned in the cockpit of the boat where anglers at...
Downrigger Savvy
By: Mark Romanack The Great Lakes at dawn is one of the absolute best times to be using downriggers. Salmon are just some of the fish...
Cold Water Crankin’
By: Mark Romanack Bryan Darland of Jay’s Sporting Goods was one of the first anglers to have an opportunity to use the PWC on Saginaw Bay...
Storing Fishing Rods
By: Mark Romanack The author stores extra rods using short lengths of conduit cut at a 45 degree angle and mounted to the wall of his...
Cover Me Gently
By: Mark Romanack The author prefers covers that snap to the gunwale of the boat. Covers that come down over the side tend to collect...
Calibrating Line Counter Reels
By: Mark Romanack The Precision Trolling Data phone app publishes critically important “Dive Curve” data based on testing conducted with...
Suzuki EFI Kicker Motors
By: Mark Romanack Suzuki’s new EFI kicker motors are the only EFI kickers that offer both electric start and a manual start option....
Colored Lips on Crankbaits
By: Mark Romanack Every crankbait has its day. Even red lipped cranks will catch fish, but is this the best way to approach lure color?...
Great Lakes Trolling Tactics Featuring Mag Lip
By: Mark Romanack The 3.5 Mag Lip is a staple for catching chinook salmon in the spring of the year. This particular color “Grinch” has...
Let’s Talk Landing Nets
By: Mark Romanack Round aluminum handle landing nets like this are not a favorite of the author. Extending these nets can be tricky as...
Fishing Spin n Glo for Walleye
By: Mark Romanack The Yakima Bait Spin n Glo is the perfect bait float for live bait rigging with nightcrawler. Not only is this float...
A Modern Understanding of Trolling Speed
By: Mark Romanack Next to depth control, trolling speed is the most important variable that trollers must be constantly aware of. Next to...
The Lowdown on Countdown Cranking
By: Mark Romanack Erich Carlson of Alpena, Michigan regularly uses sinking crankbaits to target trophy walleye. Nine out of 10 crankbaits...
Boat Rigging, are Lithium Batteries in your Future?
By: Mark Romanack Heavy gauge aluminum boats that feature console forward designs often suffer from weight distribution issues. The...
Spoon Feeding Walleye
By: Mark Romanack Lake Erie is perhaps the “spoon trolling capital” of the Great Lakes when it comes to catching walleye on spoons. The...
All Crankbaits Wobble
By: Mark Romanack Wide wobbling crankbaits like this 3.5 Yakima Bait Mag Lip are better known as trout and salmon baits, but they are...
Walleye Fishing in the Saginaw River Remains Open Year Around
By: Mark Romanack Creating a year around walleye fishery on the Saginaw River has also created some controversy. Some anglers feel that...
Sport Shows, Old School Fishing Knowledge
By: Mark Romanack Jake and Mark Romanack will be conducting their popular Ultimate Walleye Clinics at the Ultimate Fishing Show, in Novi,...
Trolling Crappie With Down Lines
By: Mark Romanack The author (left) and his life long fishing buddy Dale Voice of Cadillac, Michigan enjoy targeting slab crappie....
Tube Baits, A Smallmouth Classic
By: Mark Romanack Chunk smallmouth bass like these caught by Jake Romanack are often taken throwing tube baits. It seems...