Smallmouths in 25 feet of water or less....1/16 or 1/8 oz. hair jig ( brown or black) fished on 4 or6 lb. test and UL spin tackle..

Smallmouths in 25 feet of water or deeper...3-4 " shiner or hellgramite Lindy rigged...

Large trout in streams...Nightcrawlers fished on UL spinning gear with 6 lb. test and #6 baitholder...Small split shot as few as necessary to keep the bait tumbling along the bottom...

General stream trout fishing...5 weight fly rod with floating line and either weighted nymphs/strike indicator OR dry flies if there is surface activity...

Walleyes/lakes...1/8 or 1/4 oz hair jig tipped with half a crawler or a small minnow lip hooked...

Walleyes/rivers...# 13 Rapala or similar large stickbait fished on spinning tackle and 10 lb. test..Tie line directly to plug...

Lake trout...Medium /light spinning rod with low stretch line...1 oz. silver diamond jig...Vertical jig in 60 to 150 FOW...Absolutely deadly...

Steelhead in streams...5 weight fly rod, eggs patterns, nymphs or wooley buggers fished weighted w/strike indicator and floating line..

Brown trout/landlocks in lakes...UL spin gear . 4-6 lb. test, 1/16 to 1/8 oz. LIGHT colored hair jigs ( usually natural white bucktail)....

Northerns...Black 3/8 oz bucktail jig with 4" black ripple rind trailer, fished with a short 30 lb. test shock leader on medium/light spin gear and 10 lb. test line...Cast near outside weed edges and swim jig back along the bottom..

Yellow perch...Same as smallmouths..

Bluegills... 1/32 or 1/64 oz. jig tipped with a mealworm...In shallow water fish under a small bobber, in deeper water drift near bottom with UL spin gear...

Bullheads/catfish... Bell sinker tied to end of line...1 or 2 snelled # 2 hooks fished as droppers off the main line baited with nitecrawlers...

Carp...Canned whole kernel corn on a #6 or # 8 baitholder fished dead on the bottom with just enough split shot to keep it there in the current..