Entries for July 2012

In this installment of North American Fisherman’s “Marked Map” series, we gave Mullennix a Navionics HotMaps Premium chart of an impoundment brimming with big blues and asked him to give cat hunters a glimpse into how he would attack it from July through September.

The pro angler was on his home water, and although he was seeing numbers of bass, walleyes and pike-both his eyes and electronics-concentrated along deep weedlines, he simply could not get them to bite.

The NAFC staff has carefully chosen 10 finalists for the June Outstanding Catch Awards contest. Now it's up to you! Vote for the catch you feel is the most outstanding, considering not only the fish's size, but also the body of water, geographic location and method used. 

Wisconsinites Mark Schleis and Randy Seidl put together two solid baskets to top the field of 268 anglers from 10 states and one Canadian province at the Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit’s Lake Winnebago tournament.