Walleye caught on a soft swimbait near structure

Best Swimbaits for Walleye: Size, Action, and When to Use Them

Walleye aren’t flashy fish. They don’t crush a bait out of anger like bass, and they rarely give you that heart-stopping surface blowup. Most of the time, a walleye bite feels like… nothing. Just a little extra weight, a soft “tick,” or the sense that your lure stopped doing what it was doing a second

Matching Lure Types to Different Fish Body Shapes and Sizes

One thing that takes time to learn in lure fishing is that fish don’t all hunt the same way. It’s easy to think in terms of species—bass like this, trout like that—but after enough days on the water, you start to notice something deeper. A fish’s body shape and size often tell you more about