Fishing 411

In the dead of winter, not all of Michigan’s million-plus avid anglers are ice fishing. A dedicated group of steelhead enthusiasts spends the winter months targeting river-run chromers. Fishing 411 host visits two of Michigan’s most productive winter steelhead streams including the St. Joe River with guide Ted Penrod and the Kalamazoo River with plug fishing enthusiast Josh Crabtree.

Hosts Jake and Mark Romanack travel north to Spanish, Ontario to sample the smallmouth bass fishing this region of Ontario is famous for producing. The bass action is split between fishing remote only accessible by ATV lakes and also on the Whaleback Region of Lake Huron.

What’s more “American” than going fishing with a bunch of your buddies? The answer is when a group of American war heroes spanning four different conflicts gets together on Lake Erie to heal old scars and make new friends. The Walleye for Wounded Heroes organization has a simple mission statement. Volunteers from all around the country come together every June to help America’s finest enjoy a litt

Host Mark Romanack joins forces with legendary trout fisherman Buzz Ramsey of Yakima Bait Company to target spring brown trout in Milwaukee Harbor. The Milwaukee area is best known as a “beer” producer, but this metropolitan area also serves up world-class action for brown trout and other salmonids.

Lake Michigan is widely known as a world-class trout and salmon fishery. The majority of anglers who fish Lake Michigan target trout and salmon during the spring and summer months. After the salmon have spawned in early fall, fishing pressure on the big pond drops off to near zero. The pressure may be low, but the odds of catching high-quality fish heats up like the waters of Lake Michigan cool do

When the air and water temperatures drop, fall fishing tactics for Lake Erie walleye kicks into high gear. The action is fast-paced, but the trolling speeds that produce these fish are often painfully slow. Jake and Mark Romanack of Fishing 411 team up to show viewers what it takes to trigger cold water walleye into biting.