Category: Nick’s Tips and Tails

Trolling crankbaits is a popular way to target walleye especially in the summer months, but as the leaves begin to change and the brisk fall air takes hold don’t put those crankbaits away quite yet! Indeed, crankbaits can play a major part of your success especially in the early and mid-fall. In the fall, walleyes […]

The Missouri River and spring walleye fishing just go hand in hand. The river often produces some of the very first open water opportunities in the Dakotas and walleyes are often eager to strike. Whether anglers are pursuing a stringer of fresh walleye filets or a fish for the wall, the Missouri River reservoirs have […]

Walleye fishing on the Missouri River reservoirs isn’t just a hobby, it’s a tradition. For decades, reservoirs like Lake Oahe, Lake Sharpe and Lake Francis Case have attracted anglers with the lure of stringers full of walleye and the opportunity at catching a trophy for the wall in the same day. While the tradition remains […]

Even the best anglers need a little bit of lucky timing when it comes to catching the fish of a lifetime! Fortunately, spring is one of the best times for anglers hitting water to enjoy catching great numbers of fish and possibly the biggest fish of their life as well. In fact, anytime you hit […]

Many anglers associate spring and fall as some of the best fishing of the year, but as the calendar flips to June the fishing on Lake Oahe is only beginning to fire up. An expansive reservoir, Lake Oahe connects two capitals. Beginning at Garrison Dam in Bismarck North Dakota, the reservoir stretches down to the […]

If you’re anything like me, you’ve got an overwhelming amount of crankbaits and stickbaits in your tackle box. This is generally the result of shopping in bargain bins, discount prices or just the fact that when you only buy two or three baits at a time they can really add up over the years! The […]

There are many factors that walleye anglers need to consider when they hit the water. Anglers are constantly looking at factors such as wind direction, wind speed, cloud cover, temperature and water clarity to dictate where and how they should target fish. Whether you are discussing wind, clouds or water clarity they all factor into […]

Bottom bouncing is an excellent way to cover water, while triggering both active and neutral fish. In addition to being highly productive, bottom bouncing is a presentation that can be fished throughout nearly the entire open water season. Beginning as early as April, bottom bouncing is most popular through the summer months. However, some of […]

Often overshadowed by larger, more well-known waterbodies there are hidden gems fisheries scattered all across the region. Whether these are sloughs in the Glacial Lakes region of eastern South Dakota, small dams across central South Dakota or even an unknown fishery just outside the Omaha Metro area of Nebraska there is a literal goldmine of […]

In our second article, Tailrace Walleye Tactics II: Putting Fish in the Boat, we discussed the most effective ways to target walleyes in tailraces when fishing out of the boat. However, one of the beautiful things about fishing these areas is that it really takes very minimal equipment to have success. In fact, many times […]