All anglers know that fishing activity can be both positively and negatively influenced by various weather factors. Each graph baseline is created from thousands angler reports over the last 10-plus years. Ratings for each weather event are scaled from 0 to 50 (0=poor, 50=excellent). Our all-conditions graph combines all weather factors and gives you an overall rating. Combine this with our moon phase calculator and solar weather conditions to even further increase your chances.
![]() | How Weather Turns on the BiteThe approach of bad weather turns on fish like nothing else, offering the very best action... |
![]() | Cool Time for CatsA chill in the air means it's prime time for blue catfish. |
![]() | Time to Turnover for Fall BassBig changes in water temperature can turn bass off in fall, but the fishing can be hot if... |
![]() | Frost BitesIncredible flyfishing awaits those willing to wade into winter. |
![]() | Fish FrontsFor the fall's best angling, fish impending storm systems. |
![]() | 5 for LiveA good bait can be a great bait, but only when it’s presented properly to fish. And... |

So Outdoor Life is part of a cool contest operated by Crown Royal, sponsor of Field & Stream’s Hook Shots show and maker of the whiskey that comes in a purple bag. The contest is called “Pass the Crown,” and it’s a variation on the Secret Santa gift exchange anyone who’s ever worked in an office is familiar with. Are you lucky enough to have never worked in an office? Then here’s how this works: [ Read Full Post ]
Since outdoorlife.com launched it's weather page it seems the magazine's editors have been cursed by Mother Nature. First Gerry Bethge had a tornado watch interrupt the middle of his deer hunt in Ohio. Then John Taranto and John Snow had blizzards during their mule deer and elk hunts in the west. Now it's my turn.
The first morning of my two-day redfish trip in Louisiana was a beauty: warm sunny weather with a nice breeze. But as the day went on, a large storm system began to move in from the west and it was clear that our day of fishing would be cut short. [ Read Full Post ]
When I first began developing the idea for a weather site, I asked myself: "What kind of weather information is absolutely essential for sportsmen?"
All of us look forward to those magical days when the woods come alive with bucks chasing does or turkeys gobbling from their roosts, or those amazing times when, no matter what you throw, every cast draws a strike. The only problem: No one could predict when those magical hunting and fishing days would occur…until now.
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