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Coke: Tasty beverage and fish-saving elixir

Coke: Tasty beverage and fish-saving elixir
How (and why) you can use bubbly soda to save a fish's life People have been using Coca Cola for years, for just about everything you can imagine, including removing the rust from tools, removing stu.... read more

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How Important is the Color of your Bait or Lure?

How Important is the Color of your Bait or Lure?
50 shades of prey New research casts doubt on the importance of lure color Here is something that I guarantee is going to spark some friendly debate.  Recent research from Carleton University's.... read more

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FishAssist Spring 2015 Newsletter

FishAssist Spring 2015 Newsletter
                FishAssist Celebrates its First Birthday! Over the past 12 months we’ve welcomed over 21,000 unique visitors and achieved over 600K.... read more

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The ice-fishing debate: run and gun or sit and stay?

The ice-fishing debate: run and gun or sit and stay?
It often surprises anglers to learn that fishing is as much a mental game as it is one of employing technical and physical skills.  And of all the head scratching questions that ice anglers face .... read more

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Quality Fish; How wise sportfisheries management makes for great angling

Quality Fish; How wise sportfisheries management makes for great angling
I've said many times that the "good old days" of fishing are upon us right now.  And one of the reasons it's so good, in so many parts of the country, is that wise management has been translated .... read more

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Drop-Shot with Braid or Fluorocarbon?

Drop-Shot with Braid or Fluorocarbon?
Sometimes ultra-thin, no-stretch braided line can be too much of a good thing There is little question that drop-shotting has taken the fishing world by storm over the last decade. And for good reaso.... read more

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Walleyeville

Walleyeville
Okay, let's have some fun today.   But before we go any further, here is what I'd like you to do.  Think about your favourite walleye lake and all the great times you've spent fishing .... read more

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How long do smallmouth bass live?

How long do smallmouth bass live?
One of the things that fascinates anglers, young and old alike, is the age of the fish they are catching. Kids in particular like to wonder if the bass (muskie, walleye or crappie) they just caught is.... read more

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How important is location?

How important is location?
Okay, here is today's question: what is the single most important factor that you always have to consider, in order to be successful, when you go fishing? And I'll give you a hint. It has nothing to d.... read more

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The fine art of surfacing

The fine art of surfacing
There’s nothing more exciting in all of freshwater fishing than watching a tsunami-like wave roll in behind your topwater bait just before a mammoth muskie crushes it in an explosion of water. It’s th.... read more

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