Innholdsfortegnelse for October/November 2024 i In-Fisherman

When for the Winter Issue of 2010, we asked In-Fisherman Field Editor Ned Kehde to write about the method of fishing he used during winter on Kansas reservoirs to often put 100 fish in the boat during a 4-hour outing, we had no idea the eventual affect it would have on fishing. A year later in another magazine article, Senior Editor Steve Quinn called Kehde’s jig rigging the Ned rig, and the rest is history—and part of our angling vocabulary and our repertoire on the water. What a phenomenon. Tournament anglers use this dandy finesse rigging when conditions are tough in tournaments. Guides often hand the rigging to clients as a no-brainer jig-rig that can be cast and retrieved in many ways to produce fish—often smallmouths and largemouths, but also…

Rambler Tested Tough One of the original Yeti Rambler products, holding 18 ounces of either hot or cold beverage, has been in the boat and on the bank for going on five years with In-Fisherman Editor In Chief Doug Stange—a few dings but still going strong. Yeti’s current Rambler product is the 18-ounce HotShot Bottle, 18/8 stainless steel and double-wall vacuum insulated, so it’s puncture and rust resistant. A leakproof 360° HotShot Cap makes sipping beverages easier than with the earlier design—$30, yeti.com Next Generation Sunglasses Smith Hookset sunglasses, in Yellow Blue Mirror and Brown Green Mirror, offer ChromaPop and Glass Polarchromic lens technology to cut glare and enhance depth and color perception. Meanwhile, the lenses are UV-sensitive self-tint-adjusting to adapt to changing light, enhancing vision from low light to…

Experiences of top catmen, along with results of scientific studies, have tightened our grip on the seasonal response of catfish, from small rivers to the largest of watercourses. Myths about notoriously tight-lipped catfish late in the year have been dispelled—in fact, autumn catfishing can be fruitful when conditions are right. At other times, channel catfish can be anything but aggressive, especially after a bout of a miserably cold October or November rain. But when the cold steel of the hammer drops and the going gets tough at traditional summer spots, the tough get going—right down to the places channel cats ride out old man winter. “My understanding of seasonal patterns for channel catfish evolved when I regularly fished the Big Sioux River and its smaller tributaries in Iowa,” In-Fisherman Editor…

“Hold still,” Doc said. “I’m trying,” I said, “but your bedsid e manner leaves a lot to be desired.” “That’s because I’m a dentist,” Doc said, “n ot an M.D. Also, your bedside is the last place I would ever want to be.” Doc put a square of sterile gauze over the sanitized and sutured gash I had been blessed with an hour before. I thought it wasn’t serious enough to need more than a Band-Aid, but Doc disagreed. It was too wide and deep. H e secured the gauze with a fo ot of waterproof tape. “That shoul d do it,” he said. “Try not to bump it as that may cause it to bleed again.” “Is there danger of infection?” I said. “Are you serious?” Doc said. “Boats…

Fall heralds one of the biggest changes in our fishing calendar—cooling waters and the onset of winter. We greet this season with extra layers of clothing and reduced running speed. Brrrr! But in the world below, fish are far better equipped to deal with these changes, as their metabolism gradually shifts gears as their environment cools. The strictures of evolution have honed the widespread populations of largemouth bass to alter their behavior to match prey availability and their own metabolic needs in the temperature regimes in waters from Canada to Mexico. These physiological differences are significant, meaning that a Minnesota bass can’t tolerate a Florida summer, and Florida bass perish when exposed to low-40°F water. The change in conditions is dramatic in northern waters and occurs over a two-month period,…

■ LAKE ROOSEVELT SPOKANE, WASHINGTON Walleyes and Smallmouths » Plentiful fish of both species draw anglers to this Columbia River impoundment, with sturgeon, salmon, and kokanee also in the mix. Contact: Up River Outfitter, 509/398-7995, upriveroutfitter.com; Fishing Lake Roosevelt, 509/899-4394, fishinglakeroosevelt.com. David Harrison ■ HIGH SIERRA TAHOE, CALIFORNIA Brown Trout » Fall is a great time for hooking trophy brown trout in the Golden State’s High Sierra lakes as the fish bulk up for the late-fall spawn. Pull large minnow plugs and trolling flies for fish up to and beyond 10 pounds. Contact: Capt. Mike Nielsen, Tahoe Topliners Sportfishing, tahoetopliners.com. Cal Kellogg ■ CEDAR CREEK RESERVOIR GUN BARREL CITY, TEXAS Crappies » Treat yourself to a fall or winter outing for a mess of crappies that measure around 12 inches…

My first outboard was my family’s 5.5-hp 1955 Johnson Seahorse, and I couldn’t be less proud. Painted sea foam green, and complete with the fins and stylings of an old automobile from that era, it certainly wasn’t something a kid wanted to be seen with. Add several thick layers of dust and farm grime, and I preferred it sitting on a sawhorse in the far corner of the barn instead of on the back of any boat we’d borrow, rent, or eventually buy. This thing was a chore from the word go. Getting it going required finding a new glass fuel bowl/filter, which in the days before the Internet, was pretty difficult. Heavier than a wet hay bale, this motor lugged awkwardly, despite the heavy-duty handle on the front of…

Enter promo code INFISH30 for a 30-day free trial to MyOutdoorTV. Offer valid for a limited time. So Many Fish, So Little Time In-Fisherman TV, Season 48, Episode 10, “Destinations for the Ages” On this episode, the In-Fisherman staff goes in search of some of North America’s finest fishing. We fish the Red River in Manitoba for the world’s biggest channel catfish, and reveal the newly developing world-class walleye fishery on giant Lake Winnipeg. Then skip with us around North America to highlight some of our favorite destinations, hit-list picks to be sure. We start on what might be the best bass fishery in North America, the Thousand Islands area of the St. Lawrence River. Round out the trophy tour with giant pike, lake trout, sturgeon, alligator gar, panfish, stripers, bass,…