Fishing Like a Fire Fighter
Beau Beasley It was half past two in the morning when the alarm went off at Fire Station 25. The sound jolted me out of an unsteady sleep, and I…
Beau Beasley It was half past two in the morning when the alarm went off at Fire Station 25. The sound jolted me out of an unsteady sleep, and I…
Capt. Bert Deener During fall, bass typically disperse, making it imperative to fish plenty of water to find them. When it comes to covering water and drawing a reaction strike,…
Capt. Bert Deener So, are you expecting a tie again this year for Christmas? How about a nice, fuzzy, warm scarf? If you drop some well-timed hints, maybe you can…
David Hart Winter’s not far away and anglers all over the country are stashing tackle, covering boats and looking forward to another great season next year. A few, however, are…
M. D. Johnson It happened, as many things do, by accident. One minute I’m skipping a 3-inch, white twistertail across the water in what I could best describe as an…
Beau Beasley You never know exactly what to expect when you’re fishing in Alaska. Not long after my father-in-law and I got off the bush plane and onto a boat…
Beau Beasley “You should have been there, Beau,” said my good friend, fishing guide Captain Tommy Mattioli of Matty-J-Charter Service. “The stripers were everywhere, breaking the surface of the water…
Tracy Breen After a long rain or a snow melt when waters are muddy is a great times to fish for walleyes. But according to professional angler and guide, Ernie…
Capt. Bert Deener Big, bruiser redfish pull like a freight train and seem to never give up. Whether you call them spottail bass, channel bass, redfish, or the accepted common…
USA Staff WASHINGTON – In honor of the 150th birthday of Theodore Roosevelt, famed guide and fly tyer Craig Mathews and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership are teaming to introduce a…
Capt. Bert Deener Jigs, the rubber or hair-skirted, not-too-spectacular-looking lures, have been around almost since bass fishing began. Until recent years when anglers started winning big tournaments, they flew mostly…
Tony Kinton The most overlooked fishing across the U.S. is that found in small streams. Small is a difficult designation to fully define, but for the purposes this writing small…
Lost at Sea It was over 30 years ago when I last caught a nice smallmouth bass. This may seem hard to believe, but not so much when you consider…
Beau Beasley I scanned the edges of a local farm pond and found what I was looking for—a small cedar shrub leaning into the pond, the victim no doubt of…
David Hart When Chris McCotter spotted a bass cruising back and forth through clear water, he lobbed his drop-shot rig in front of the fish. The bass, however, ignored the…
Lost at Sea Last year I decided I needed a boat to use on the Greenbrier River, which flows by our camp. During the summer season the water level on…
Beau Beasley Anglers across the country like fishing for salmon. Most anglers like fishing for King Salmon because of their size and others like Silver Salmon because they jump so…
M. D. Johnson Ed Iman is a walleye angler’s angler. A big man, Iman, a life-long resident of Oregon and currently residing in The Dalles, has been guiding on what…
Chad Schearer The number one question I am asked as I conduct seminars in the off season is, “when is the best time to fly fish Montana?” I reply with,…
David Hart As Brian Hager digs his raft’s oars into the clear water of the New River, I glance over my shoulder at two more rubber rafts heading downstream. The…
Hank Parker Depending on which part of the country you fish, the bass are either in a late-summer or early fall pattern neither of which is all that great if…
Lost at Sea Cooper Firearms was founded in 1990 by Dan Cooper and two other, former employees of Kimber of Oregon. Cooper left the company in 1995 and from then…