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Ann Littleson|

Jan 16, 2026

Helping you enjoy the outdoors! Jan 16, 2026

Open-Water Winter Crappie Rigs

By Don Gasaway

There’s more than one way to catch and skin a crappie in the coming season.

Sauger: The Walleye’s Smaller Cousin

By Mike Yurk

These diminutive walleye look-alikes pack a powerful punch.

Canadian Fishing Destinations

Here are four Canadian Fishing Destinations that you don’t want to miss.

PROMOTION

Wilderness Family Outfitters

A family-run lodge in northern Saskatchewan on world famous Wollaston Lake. Wilderness Family Outfitters has no noisy, running generators, offering clean and cozy cabins and amenities, incredible food, and trophy fishing.

Ash Rapids

Since the 1940s, this boat-in/fly-in resort offers world-class fishing and hunting in the heart of Lake of the Woods. Ash Rapids’ Full American Plan includes guide and top-of-the-line 17.5 G3 fishing boats with 60hp Yamahas.

KaBeeLo Lodge

KaBeeLo’s full-service flyout fishing & hunting packages offer an entirely new experience in the Great Outdoors, and a whole new world of sportfishing/hunting, and is rated one of Ontario’s best fishing & hunting outfitters.

Ghost River Lodges

A boat-in remote lodge on Ontario’s Marchington Lake with 14 other remote fishable lakes. Family owned with clean, modern cabins, housekeeping packages, awesome hospitality, friendly service and great fishing.

Catch the Big One!

Chicagoland Fishing Expo returns to Schaumburg January 22-25, 2026.

An Introduction to Bass Plastics

By Tom Luba

Getting into soft plastics is an introduction to better bass fishing.

Neubauer Fishing Tip

The Love of Garlic

It may sound weird, but fish like the smell of garlic. Especially bass, pike and panfish. Honestly. I spray garlic oil on all my bass lures and panfish plastics, and I know I catch more fish because of it.

In winter, some bait shops sell as many wax worms that smell of garlic as they can produce. And if it hasn’t already happened, someone will be selling nightcrawlers with a garlic scent.

Try some garlic oil on your lures and see if it makes a difference…I’ll bet it does. Call me crazy, but you can’t argue with success.