By David Hart If there’s nothing more thrilling than watching a trout inhale a dry fly, there’s nothing more frustrating than watching a dry fly drift across the water untouched.…
by Dave Mull Many anglers don’t realize they can enjoy incredible springtime fishing on the Great Lakes out of their trailerable 14- to 18-foot boats. With common sense and a…
by Bob McNally Pre-spawn bass can be difficult to pattern and catch. Fish are transitioning from winter to spring holding areas—here one day, there the next. But for anglers who…
by Bob McNally Few anglers have the focused concentration of a deep-water walleye fisherman ogling a fathometer over a likely hot spot. Accurately reading what a sonar unit is transmitting…
by Beau Tallent Smallmouth bass may be the hardest-hitting, strongest-fighting, highest-jumping freshwater fish anglers have the pleasure of targeting. And make no mistake, in waters where smallmouth are present, this…
By Bob McNally What is it about docks? Why are they so attractive to freshwater bass, panfish and catfish, and also to a host of saltwater species including redfish, seatrout,…
by Laura Tingo Jerry Doubek of Nixa, Mo., has enjoyed fishing since he was a boy, but since meeting USA member Leroy Shull, he doesn’t just fish for the sport…
As I entered Patrick Fulkrod’s comfortable ClackaCraft drift boat, I could tell he was as eager to get on the Watauga River as I was. “They really aren’t generating that much…
by Bob McNally Shell bars are among the most productive and fish-rich of all inshore saltwater hot spots. They rival the productivity of jetty rocks and grassbeds for consistently yielding…
by Beau Beasley My lesson on tight line trout fishing had begun. Eugene Shuler stood alongside me knee-deep in the Oconaluftee River, a gem for trout just inside the Great…
by Bob McNally In northeast Florida’s lower St. Johns River, there is an abundance of shoreline development, mainly homes. Invariably the houses have docks and piers in the water, and…
by Dave Mull A big bluegill on our trolled rig was welcome, but it was no surprise. Our targets were trout on the deep Michigan lake that August afternoon, but…
by Dave Mull Fishing is fun any time, but it’s especially enjoyable when the lake is calm and quiet—and you’re catching fish. During the summer months on inland lakes across…
by Beau Tallent I love all types of fishing, from deep-sea bottom fishing to high-mountain fly rodding. Give me a farm pond that’s home to a few bass, put…
by Bob McNally It was a gray, slick-surface morning; hot and sticky even for nearshore Georgia, but a perfect setting was emerging for dead-drift saltwater fishing. Charter captain Greg Hildreth,…
by Beau Beasley Fly anglers have a seemingly endless supply of patterns to choose from when they head out for a day of fishing on the water. Streamers, nymphs, dries…
by Bob McNally Ours was the second float plane into Kagati Lake, headwaters of the fish-filled Kanektok River, on Alaska’s west-central coast. We were about 90 minutes behind the first…
Promotes 2014 Flying Fish Festival and Bowfishing Tournament USA’s Kevin Grubbs and and Sharon Williams, CWA, West Central Building Trades, chat with show host Charles Showalter about conservation and promoting…
by Dave Mull If it’s true that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, it’s hard to figure why many Great Lakes salmon and trout trollers refer to lead-core and…
by Bob McNally Few fish are more game than tarpon. They jump like wild fire, they are remarkably strong, and they readily strike plugs, flies and bait. Tarpon are abundant in tropical…
by Beau Beasley I like to fish as often as I can, but like most of my fellow fly anglers, my family is not keen on fishing during the entire…
by Dave Mull Bud Roche, veteran Great Lakes salmon troller, has a mantra when it comes to catching big king salmon on Lake Michigan. “He who has the best bait…