
What Style of Electric Motor is Right for Your Boat?
By: Mark Romanack Pivot style electric motors such as this Minn Kota Terrova are ideal for deeper V aluminum boats, heavy gauge aluminum...

Presentation Specific Trolling Rods
By: Mark Romanack The new Starfire X trolling rods designed by Jake and Mark Romanack were inspired by countless hours fishing the open...

Tips for Targeting Summer Steelhead
By: Mark Romanack If a big buck steelhead like this doesn’t put a smile on your face, you might to visit your doctor. Arguably the most...

Utility Boats
By: Mark Romanack A utility hull such as this SmokerCraft Sportsman 1866 are often the perfect platform for custom hunting blinds such as...

Boat Seat Suspensions
By: Mark Romanack Smooth Moves Boat Seat Suspensions are affordable, easy to install and they take the pounding out of operating a boat...

The Diving Planer
By: Mark Romanack A trolling boat is going to be set up with a lot of gear including downriggers, planer boards and the always popular...

Fish Preparation
By: Mark Romanack It’s tough to beat fresh fish cooked in the great outdoors. It seems everyone enjoys a fish fry. The secret to...

Hooked on these Hooks
By: Mark Romanack When switching out hooks on crankbaits and plugs, the Trokar TK949 is the author’s absolute “go to” hook. Anglers who...

Salmon Season
By: Mark Romanack Summer time is “salmon season” all across the Great Lakes. Technically speaking there is no official “salmon season”...

Growing Some Boat Launch Manners
By: Mark Romanack The author feels that everyone who uses a public boat launching facility owes it to other fishermen and women to learn...

The Power of Scent
By: Mark Romanack It only takes a few drops of Super Gel to create a natural scent stream in the water that lasts 30-40 minutes before...

The Dreaded Fly Hatch
By: Mark Romanack The Giant Mayfly is a common food source for a wealth of fish species. In this part of the world a specific insect...

What I Know About Hair Jigs
By: Mark Romanack The timeless hair (aka bucktail) jig is a simple but effective way to catch a pile of walleye. Hair jigs (aka...

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...