
Vertical jigging is a great way to go for big lakers
In the mid 1800s, an angler in the Finger Lake region of Upstate New York would come up with a method to catch lake trout in deep water. Avid angler Seth Green would devise a

In the mid 1800s, an angler in the Finger Lake region of Upstate New York would come up with a method to catch lake trout in deep water. Avid angler Seth Green would devise a

The yellow school bus dropped off three little kids in front of their dirt road leading to the old unpainted farmhouse up the hill. The kids, with metal lunch boxes, clutching papers, dreaded the end,

The three decades of spring trout fishing in Illinois has remained mostly unchanged — except for the occasional adjustments.
A few sites have been adjusted for the 2025 season, which opens April 5. But

This year will mark year six of Trout Unlimited’s Home Rivers Initiative project on the Batten Kill River, and organizers have a number of projects on tap as they look to build on recent improvements

The popular trout stream stocking season starts on March 31 in Iowa.
The DNR Trout Program offers Iowa anglers a variety of trout fishing opportunities, including catchable stockings, fingerling stockings, wild trout, streams

April is synonymous with steelhead fishing in Michigan. Some streams and rivers open to fishing on April 1. Others are open year-around, still others open on the last Saturday in April. But April Fool’s Day

My first steelhead fishing trip was one to remember. Conneaut Creek ran high and turbidity clouded the flow. I could not see my feet. We had the place to ourselves, not another angler in sight.

I’ll admit that black bass are my favorite freshwater fish to pursue. It wasn’t always like that. At one time, stream trout fishing was tops on my list, and it was about now, in early

Centuries ago, Atlantic salmon ran so thick during spawning runs from New York’s Lake Champlain on the Saranac River that natives could catch them by the hundreds.
Dams built on the Saranac in the
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