As summer transitions to fall, some gamefish species tend to become more active. This includes lake-dwelling walleyes. Bucktail jigs — hair jigs, if you like — can be one of the best tools for ...

What Makes a Bucktail Jig So Effective for Catching Bass and Walleye? Simplistic in design but lethal in execution, the bucktail jig works magic when fished amongst weeds in the fall. Comprised of a ...

Bucktail jigs are effective offerings for many species throughout the fall season. By varying the weight of the jighead one can ply shallow and deeper areas. “Bucktails are very natural looking,” said ...

When we talk about jigs, we usually are referring to soft plastics with a curly tail on a weighted jig head. But recently, walleye anglers have been using Bucktail jigs to catch these toothy critters.

The road from Winnipeg to Grand Rapids, Manitoba, is a long one. Highway 6 shoots north along the west side of that inland sea known as Lake Winnipeg. It is a land of sloughs, lakes and rivers winding ...

After the original Mister Twister came onto the market, I did not tie a bucktail jig for a couple of years. Then I ran out of bucktail jigs and realized that they had not been replaced by soft plastic ...

As ice out approaches rapidly, so too does the finesse style of fishing needed to coax pre-spawn fish out of their winter slumber. If one lure has proved over time to do this better than any other, it ...

The big snow we had last week provided a great opportunity to take care of whatever could be done inside to be a little bit better prepared for the upcoming fishing season, and in my case, that ...

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Starting in the early 1960s and for years to come, Millie’s Bucktails were all the rage among Sebastian Inlet snook fishermen. Carl and Millie Garrettson, a husband-and-wife fishing team from ...