I love fresh water sport fishing. I use a 6ft solid Ugly Stick and Shimano spinning reel with braided line about 4-6lb diameter. There is no miracle equipment in fact each body of water has it's own secret to success and that only comes by doing.
I took my my brother, nephew and a friend out on Lake of the Woods for a week. We were about to call it for lunch one of the days and my nephew hooked a 43 inch Northern. After fighting him for 20-30 minutes it seemed ( we were not timing this ) I managed...