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 ...

I’ve had this old deer tail floating around since I was a kid. It was from my first buck, a half-rack I shot with my Pop-Pop’s 30-30 sitting next to him behind an old field stone wall. Pop mounted the ...

Bucktail jigs have been an efficient fishing lure since the beginning of man. A few feathers or deer hair tied to a weight and dragged through the water, simplicity at its best. And, like many a basic ...

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 Then I ran out of bucktail jigs and realized that they had not been replaced by soft plastic ...

In the dim late-afternoon light, I cast toward the bank of the slow-current river pool. Before the bucktail jig had fallen to the bottom, a hungry walleye intercepted it. A couple minutes later, my ...

Hello folks, today we're out on the freshwater with Antonio in the Kawartha lake region, fishing on Sturgeon Lake for those lovely weed walleye. It's a brisk spring morning out on the lake today with ...

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 ...

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 ...