A bobber is a device that alerts an angler that a fish has taken his bait. It comes in many forms, including the universally ...

During the 2025 open-water fishing season, I spent more time with a slip-bobber rod in my hands than during any other previous season since I was probably a kid. Here ...

A glance out the window of my central Iowa home reminds me that this isn’t open water fishing season. The wind and snow limit ...

You might think of bluegills as something kids catch from docks in the summertime. But in winter, they are serious sport. They can be willing biters ... or they can be challenging, depending on their ...

Cole & Jay film as she hooks a personal best crappie using jig and bobber. Why Zara Larsson embraced the dolphins and glitter on her Grammy nominated 'Midnight Sun' Is photo of Donald Trump using a ...

I love catching crappies. Most of my crappie fishing comes in spring and summer. During spring, nothing beats watching a slip bobber slowly descend when a hungry shallow water slab inhales a small jig ...

Unlike the previous brushpiles I had fished, ones found in 15-20 feet of water, this one was in a depth of 11 feet, with branches extended nearly to the surface. I picked up a rod rigged with a slip ...

What is a Slip Bobber Rig? A slip bobber rig requires a few key components to tie everything together, but the star of the show - and what gives this rig its name - is a float (bobber) that has a hole ...

It’s been a great week to be a duck, enough of the rain already! Heat, humidity, smoke and rain were the name of the game for the last week, at least until Wednesday when a cold front slid on in.

I’m not sure where the time goes. It feels like just yesterday I was writing my first report for the open water season on the Missouri River near Bismarck. Fast forward and now I’ve made the ...