Depending where you live, unfortunately, this Target Walleye email might be your only option for a little fishin’ escape today:

Lol! Gonna kick things off with a couple of tiger-stripes native to WI — know it’s a slob when the belly fat rolls over your fingers! Posted on Blackfish Gear’s Instagram page:

Here’s another tiger that’s more likely to get bit than do the biting — new “hot tiger UV”
color Salmo Spikey Shad. Thing looks mean as heck:

Pool 6 of the Mississippi River kicked out this 26″ egg-cannon that went 8.7 lbs for IG user @tomahawkpursuits. Caught her during a full moon, slow jigging an AuthentX Pulse-R in heavy current near flooded woods:

Kevin Tapper (@ktapper21) popped this 27.25″ Pool 4 sowbelly on a 3/8-oz “firetiger” Northland Fire-Ball Jig tipped with a fathead:

Christina Truppe (@christina.truppe) is back with another new PB walldawg. This time a 27″ slaunch that scarfed a “pink” 1/4-oz jig off of the bottom of the river. Congrats (AGAIN!) Christina — keep doing your thing:

‘Tis the season of PBs! Candace Bain got it done to the tune of 28.75″ using a 3/8-oz “pink” Kalin’s Rattlin’ Google Eye Jig paired with a “chartreuse” Walleye Assassin paddletail. She was pitchin’ into shore and slow jigging back to the boat. “Great fight —  my fiancé thought I might of had a sturgeon on. Best night ever!!!” Love it:

> Throw some dryer sheets and cheap car air fresheners in your shack to keep the rodents out. Shouts to Brad Hawthorne for the tip! Throws 8-10 of ’em and a pair of air fresheners in each shack…likes the Gain ones ‘cuz they smell horrible (lol).

> Another great way to keep the critters outta your shack is to get it up off the ground. Lots of different budget-friendly ways to do it, but one of the better options we’ve seen (if you’re willing to spend some $$$) is the Racor Ceiling Storage Lift.

Stay-at-home orders, closed seasons, ramp shutdowns, honey-do lists (lol)…all are seriously cutting into most folk’s fishing time…but you can still get some virtual “hooksets” in:

That ^ Nintendo Switch version of “Ace Angler” is launching in July:

Can you imagine if our actual fishing reels looked like that? Already ones out there that do some wild stuff. One is the Shimano Curado DC that has a microcomputer in it to “monitor your spool speed 1,000 times every second and…apply the perfect amount of brake” to make backlashes dang near impossible. Don’t believe it has actual “buttons” on it, but could see that being a thing one day:

Another seriously-slick unit is the Okuma Convector Low-Profile Line Counter. Doesn’t have computerized buttons, but does have some gadgets that you bottom-bouncer pullers will love.

It’s a low-pro line-counter with a bait-clicker and “Quick Drop” feature that works like a flippin’ switch…lets you adjust the depth of your bait with one hand. Big spool yet compact in the hand, and the graphite helps keep it just 11.7 oz. Love that they kept the cost down at $99 bones: