It’s not exactly a secret that big kings love to eat herring, alewives, smelt and gizzard shad. During the dog days of summer one of the most consistent ways to catch king salmon all across the Great Lakes is by employing a rotating flasher with a meat head tipped with a whole brined herring. The Great Lakes doesn’t have as many kings anymore, but the fish are bigger on average. Big adult kings like this tend to bite cut bait rigs and meat rigs with reckless abandon. The rota

During the “dog days” of summer there are lots of ways to target walleye. To avoid warm water a lot of the high quality fish seek out deeper water and hard bottom structure. In the Great Lakes, inland lakes across the northern USA and natural lakes of Canada there are three iconic ways the pros target walleye and one new trick that might surprise even the most hard core walleye fishing enthusiast. Jigs might be “old school” but they are very effective tools for targeting stru

Jake’s super tanker lake trout weighed in at 35.9 pounds making it the biggest fresh water fish we have ever caught while filming an episode of Fishing 411 TV. The Great Lakes are full of iconic fishing spots that every avid angler should visit at least once. The famed Stannard Rock of Lake Superior is one of those “must fish” destinations. Named after Captain Charles Stannard who is credited with discovering this rock reef in the middle of Lake Superior. The Stannard Rock li

Off Shore Tackle makes it easy to rig their boards so multiple boards can be fished per side of the boat without having to clear lines to fight fish or switch out lures. Monofilament or super braid? No problem, the OR12 easily rigs for fishing either line type. To fully understand how modern anglers rig and use in-line boards like the famous Off Shore Tackle OR12 Side-Planer requires a little history lesson. When first introduced the OR12 was factory equipped with a pair of b