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By Ted Takasaki and Scott Richardson The rich colors of an above-water sunset belie the low light conditions fish face as they play out nature’s game of predator and prey. Read all about the art and science of color from…Read More

By Ted Takasaki and Scott Richardson   What a monster! Fall is trophy time for walleye anglers, especially if you key on the fine points presented by Hall of Famer Ted Takasaki. Here, Ted holds up a bruiser taken on…Read More

Eager students and warm, stable weather combined to produce record big fish catches when the University of Esox held its annual Canadian Musky Adventure school July 17-24.The 14th annual school, which was held at Sandy’s Blackhawk Island Camp on the…Read More

The largest musky of Eileen Dusek’s life proved to be the biggest fish boated during the University of Esox Summer Musky Tactics fishing school.The school, an offshoot of Musky Hunter magazine, was held June 11-13 at St. Germain Lodge and the adjoining…Read More

By Tom Dietz The lake was like glass as my wife Kris and I headed across the water to a sand flat with newly emerging bulrushes on it.This particular shallow flat is a major spawning area for crappies, sunfish and…Read More

By Ted Takasaki and Scott Richardson Ted Takasaki with a bruiser smallmouth bass caught on a Lindy X-Change Jig and plastic grub. Find and stay on smallie action this summer by following the formula laid out by top guide Jim…Read More

By Ted Takasaki and Scott Richardson   This may come as a surprise – open-water crappie season lasts far longer than April and May. Sure, boats crowd the shallows when crappies are spawning and the morel mushrooms are popping up…Read More

The National Championship Musky Open — the largest musky tournament anywhere — will celebrate its 25th anniversary in August when it returns to Eagle River, Wisconsin, on August 20, 21 and 22. The event, which many refer to as the…Read More

The Morehead Kentucky Tourism Commission, southern hospitality and sunny skies all made the first qualifier of the 2010 Professional Musky Tournament Trail an awesome event. With over 160 anglers from all over the country visiting Cave Run Lake on April…Read More

By Ted Takasaki and Scott Richardson   Pond fishing gets going in spring, before bigger waters wake up. Here, Kristi Takasaki holds up a nice sunfish caught on a Lindy Little Nipper jig suspended beneath a Thill float. Her father,…Read More