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An angler holds up a massive brown trout in Idaho.

She Missed a Day of Fishing, Then Caught a ‘Megalodon’ Brown Trout. It Should Break the Idaho Record

A fisherman holds up a snakehead.

These Are the 10 Most Underrated Freshwater Fish

An urchin style bass bait

This Weird Bass Bait Is Fetching Absurd Prices. Here’s Why

By Derek Horner

Muskie fishing.

Pike and Muskie Fishing

The Best Musky Lures: 6 Classic Baits for Catching the Fish of 10,000 Casts

By Kristine Fischer

A composite image of a big bass caught from a little lake in a vintage color film photo

Largemouth Bass

To Catch the Biggest Bass of Your Life, Try Fishing Smaller Lakes

By Charles Elliott

A blue illustration of two men in a canoe on the river.

Pike and Muskie Fishing

We Canoed 200 Miles into the Bush for the Best Walleye and Pike Fishing of Our Lives

By Don St. John

Two color photographs of men bass fishing with dragonfly flies.

Largemouth Bass

Old-School Advice for Catching Giant Bass on Dragonflies

By Robert E. Price

A collection of photographs of record North American catfish.

Catfish Fishing

These Are the Biggest North American Catfish of All Time

By Ken Perrotte

marshmallows cna make good bait.

These Trusty (and Seriously Weird) Baits Still Have a Cult Following

By Byron W. Dalrymple

crayfish for bait

Catch These 6 Live Bait Species to Land More Fish This Summer

A photo of Brayden Shaw with his potential world-record bighead carp.

Kentucky Teen Arrows Potential World-Record Bighead Carp with a Busted Arrow

By Natalie Krebs

A largemouth bass in a net with a swimbait in its mouth.

Largemouth Bass

Serious Bass Anglers Should Know When to Fizz Fish. Here’s How to Do It Safely

By Kristine Fischer

A big brown trout on the hook at night.

How I Discovered the Best Time to Catch Monster Brown Trout Is at Night

glide baits for bass

Largemouth Bass

How to Fish Glide Baits: The Trendiest Way to Catch a Giant Largemouth Bass

silhouette of two canoeists paddling across lake mostly in darkness

Before Graduation, My Buddies and I Canoed 600 Miles Through the Canadian Wilderness. We Almost Didn’t Make It

A walleye in a fishing net.

Crappie Fishing

Minnesotans Are Harvesting 80 Million Pounds of Fish — More Than Twice the DNR Estimate. Has Forward-Facing Sonar Lead to Over Harvesting?

By Alex Robinson

A rainbow trout with a crankbait hanging out of its jaw.

Catch the Biggest Trout of Your Life On These Bass Lures

A snakehead caught in Virginia by the author.

These Invasive Dragons Are the Ultimate Gamefish. Here’s How to Catch Them

By Scott Einsmann

A man nets a fish out of a boat on the buffalo in an old color photograph.

Old-School Float Tips for Targeting River Smallmouth

By Hank Bradshaw

An angler with a huge lake trout from Lake Superior.

This Guide on Lake Superior Has Helped Break the Minnesota Lake Trout Record Four Times in a Row