Fishing Guides
Articles & Tutorials
Learn By Species, Gear, and Technique
Video lessons, how-to articles, rigging notes, and guide education all live here as tutorials. Customers should not have to care where the lesson started.
How to Catch Trophy Brown Trout
Learn how to catch brown trout trolling a slow Trix Worm rig that turns short strikes into landed fish.
Learn moreTrout Spoon Color Selection: What to Use & When
Best spoon color for trout by light, depth, and forage, with guidance from power troller Monte Smith and Cal Kellogg.
Learn moreHow to Cast & Retrieve for Trout (Spinning Gear)
How to cast for trout on spinning gear: fingertip line release for distance, the twitch and rest retrieve, line, and leaders.
Learn moreHow to Troll for River King Salmon (Sacramento System)
Learn how to troll for river king salmon on the Sacramento system with back trolled plugs, spinners, and rolled shad.
Learn moreHow to Troll Spoons for Trout & Salmon
How to troll spoons for trout and salmon: speed ranges, real-metal finishes, hooks, leaders, and running spoons clean.
Learn moreTrolling Depth & Depth Control for Trout
What depth to troll for trout: how season and water temperature set trout depth, finding the productive band, and the lures and scent to run there.
Learn moreHow to Use Sonar & Fish Finders for Trolling
How to use sonar for trout fishing: read cone angle, bait balls, and temperature breaks so you stop missing shallow fish.
Learn moreTrolling Speed for Trout: Slow vs Fast Troll
Trolling speed for trout: when to fast troll spoons at 2.5 to 3 mph and when to slow down and downsize, from guide Cal Kellogg.
Learn moreHow to Catch Lake Trout (Mackinaw) by Trolling
Learn how to catch mackinaw lake trout by trolling a pond smelt Trix Minnow near the bottom.
Learn more
