North American anglers and fishing industry stakeholders across the nation are mourning the loss of one of the country’s greatest fishing icons and legends of all time . . . Ron Lindner.  He was the “God Father of Modern-Day Anglers” and many of us in the fishing industry was blessed to have worked and been…

The best days are days when fish will eat anything but as ice fishermen, we know spoon feeding fish is unlikely. Choosing a bait that does not coincide with fish behavior can lead to inefficiency and greatly decrease angling success.   While fish behaviors are out of our control, we can control educated bait choices and…

  Northland Fishing Tackle® has everything you need to put more walleyes on the ice. Bemidji, MN (November 23, 2020) – It’s that time again—time to prep ice fishing gear for coming hard water. Along with that, a close study of tackle boxes is certainly in order to make sure you have everything needed to…

BEMIDJI, Minn. (October 27, 2020) – Brosdahl Takes Roadshow Virtual, after decades working the circuit of mom-and-pop bait shops to big box retailers across the Ice Belt, Brian “Bro” Brosdahl will be taking his renowned ice fishing tour online. Thanks to the magic of Facebook Live, anglers across the country will have the opportunity to…

After the fall hunting seasons, we start the inevitable push towards what’s next, and for anyone a shade north of the Mason-Dixon, to find ice first and get ice-fishing.  Not just any run-of-the-mill outing on hard water, but fishing on that very first layer of hard and clear ice.  With fish in most parts of…

Finding ice fishing spots has undergone an interesting transformation in the past few years especially.  As social media ice-thickness reports hit the internet by the hour, we get on ice collectively faster than we once did.  A legion of mobile ice-anglers get out in their portables sooner than ever, scouring at first the shallows and…

Is it ever too early to gear up for the ice? The leaves have long since vacated their perch upon the trees of the Upper Midwest and have now found themselves matted on the forest floor. The roofs of houses begin donning a thin white coat every morning, and the defrost on your truck becomes…

As I walked out on the early ice, I couldn’t help, but say “They’re right where we left them,” I blurted while quickly dropping another small sucker to whoever was stealing them below.  It was a private thought that worked its way out on last season’s first-ice-foray.  I was pretty certain they were walleyes, as…

  BEMIDJI, Minn. (October 26, 2020) – Biochemical luminescence. That crazy catalyzing action in an earthly critter produces its own light source. The best and simplest example is the firefly…which is actually a beetle (Coleoptera). In early summer, the male of the species self-ignites at nightfall, beaconing the familiar green glow in an effort to…