Jeff Samsel Fishing

Thank you to Darl Black for use of his photos, including this one of Steve Dezurik and me looking mighty goofy in our matching shirts and ...

It happens every year. Usually about this time. Sometimes sooner. I see posts from friends about days spent on ice-covered lakes or read a...

The St. Paul Ice Show (which is a big one) was last weekend, and friends from the North and the West are starting to post pictures of lake...

It's official: I'm ice equipped. With the recent purchase of an auger, a few accessories like a scoop and bait pucks, and even a ...

Toward the end of the year I always like looking back at favorite fishing trips, days on the water and specific fish. For the moment, I'...

December fishing on the Nantahala River. Photo by Asher Samsel. Duluth Trading Company proposed a Chill Challenge -- a test of one of t...

Home for tonight has holes in the floor. In fact it's where I've caught walleyes throughout the day today, in one of Red Lake Remote...

Traveling to Minnesota during December, I know travel delays are a legitimate possibility. It should be no surprise that instead of reaching...

Well. The first leg went smoothly. Ninety-six miles from home to ATL, plus parking, check-in and security, and as of now flight number one a...

Like most things, fishing has it's subgroups, and many anglers I spend time with are very specialized in their interests. Some dedicat...

Because cold front conditions legitimately do affect fish behavior under the ice, just as they do in most other fishing settings, fisherme...

Typically travel days aren't my favorites, but today has been quite fun. Long, no doubt. But fun. The start was good simply because it...

I'm fairly certain that I'll get to add to my 2014 fish species list some time this week while ice-fishing in Minnesota, but I won...

Jeff Sundin with a pretty northern Minnesota bluegill Come Monday, I'm once again airport bound to travel well to the north for a fe...

Considering the cold that crashed through less than a week ago and the snow and ice that plagued southern roadways, it's kind hard to ...

And so we begin anew. New friends, new places, new fishing adventures and almost certainly a nice dose of time enjoyed with old friends on...

I admit it. I spend far too much time looking at weather conditions in Minnesota the Dakotas and the rest of ice country. I wonder about h...

With more cold temperatures creeping into the North Georgia forecast and plenty of other signs that fall is giving way to winter, I probab...

My most recent fishing trip, which was a little more than a week ago, had me landing in Minneapolis in the middle of the Twin Cities' fi...

"I'm glad it's you, not me," I often hear from friends when I talk about upcoming ice plans, and I always agree that I...