Tracy Breen A couple of years ago, I ice fished with a few friends of mine on Saginaw Bay in Michigan. Saginaw Bay is extremely large and the fishing can…
Capt. Bert Deener What they lack in fight, they definitely make up in edibility. If you get on a good bite, it does not take long to catch your limit.…
Tracy Breen Every once in a while, you find a bowhunter who is as accurate with a bow as Billy the Kid was with a revolver. When they let the…
David Hart Trout fishing is a three-season affair for most fly fishermen. By mid-October, trout streams everywhere are void of anglers, save for a few die-hard souls who know that…
David Hart Cold weather means one thing to many anglers—stripers. In lakes throughout the South, East and Midwest, striped bass are actively roaming open water in search of baitfish like…
M. D. Johnson Why, you ask, would anyone want to leave the warmth and comfort of their home and navigate treacherous roads, only to sit on a five-gallon bucket on…
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…