RIVER FISHING

French River: Walleyes
Statesiders call them walleyes, but to Canadians, they're pickerel. Regardless of how you label them, you'll have trouble finding better fishing on either side of the border. Some walleyes live in the French year around...

Midwestern Mainstem Rivers
When fishing a mainstem river, you'll always catch something, but you're never sure what it will be. Because of the tremendous importance of river transportation in the 1800s, most large midwestern cities developed...

River Fishing
A glance through a list of state-record walleyes reveals that a large number were caught in rivers. There is no doubt that rivers offer some excellent walleye-fishing opportunities. One reason that rivers support good walleye populations...

Rods, Reels & Line for Walleye Fishing
Your choice of rods, reels and line for walleyes depends on your fishing technique. Anglers who regularly use several techniques during a day of fishing often carry three or four rod-and-reel outfits...

Snake River: Steelhead & Rainbow Trout
LURES AND RIGS for steelhead include: (1) dropper rig, tied with a three-way swivel, a Sammy Special baited with an unpeeled shrimp tail pushed onto one of the two hooks, and a 1/2-ounce parachute cord sinker on a 6-inch dropper; (2) Wob-Lure; ...

Trophy Walleyes
A walleye over 10 pounds ranks among the greatest prizes in freshwater fishing. Catching a walleye that size is a difficult and often frustrating task, even for an accomplished angler.

Walleye Basics
The elusive nature of the walleye has intrigued generations of fishermen. Anyone who has spent much time fishing walleyes knows that they can bite like mad one day, then disappear...

Upper Mississippi River: Walleyes & Saugers
Each spring, Mississippi River walleye and sauger fishing makes the news as anglers record spectacular catches below the dams. When the spring spawning run is over, fishing interest shifts to the lakes, and the river is all but forgotten. But those who fish the river regularly enjoy good walleye and sauger action throughout the season.