Fishing
Catching big northern pike – video
This is the time of year when pike often move out of the deep waters and into the flats. Cast single or tandem spinner baits, experimenting with different colors.
North Dakota Fishing Report – August 8, 2024 – video
Spinners and smile blades are still producing a lot of great walleyes in that 20- to 25-foot range along with some walleyes being caught up shallow as well.
Rare pickerel with a blue mouth was surprise birthday gift for Pennsylvania angler
Jack Bortz had never before fished this public water near Lake Wallenpaupack in Wayne County, Pa, but decided to try it on July 27.
He had no idea what to expect. All he had heard
Winners chosen for Minnesota’s 2025 trout and salmon stamp, walleye stamp contests
Shakopee, Minn., artist Mark Thone won the Minnesota trout and salmon stamp contest with an acrylic painting of a rainbow trout, and Lakeville artist Stephen Hamrick won the walleye stamp contest with an acrylic painting
Bill Hilts, Jr.: Third annual tournament by Catching Dreams Charters makes “reel impact” for kids with cancer
Capt. Ned Librock of Catching Dreams Charters has been taking kids with cancer fishing in the productive waters of New York State for nearly a decade now.
On August 2, he made more kids
Gear & Gadgets: HEVI-Shot releases new HEVI-Bismuth, and much more
HEVI-Shot is proud to release two new line extensions in its HEVI-Bismuth Upland product lineup. Two new 16-gauge loads are now available, 16 Gauge, 2-3/4-inch, Shot Size 5, 1,325 fps, and 16 Gauge, 2-3/4-inch, Shot
Patrick Durkin: Bluegills rival any fish in taste, fight
Few argue the bluegill would make a worthier state fish than the muskellunge, Wisconsin’s longtime holder of that title. Bluegills, after all, aren’t particular about where they live.
In ancient times, their likely range
Steve Piatt: It’s good to have a friend with a fishing boat
Terry Catlin was my friend even before I knew he owned a great fishing boat.
Actually, he owns two. But before that we were traveling turkey hunters, laughing and joking our way through a
Christine Thomas: kayaking into the middle of a muskie hunt
“It is 47.5 inches long. It is the biggest one I ever caught,” exclaimed the young man. “But I am going to tell everyone that it was 48 inches.” He laughed.
“I am going
