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Freshwater

Fishing for Dinosaurs: This Ancient Species Is One of Our Most Underrated Gamefish

By Joe Cermele

Smallmouth Bass

The 7 Best Lakes and Rivers for Catching Trophy Smallmouth Bass

By Derek Horner

Trout Fishing

A Secret Lake, a Sheer Cliff, and 19-Inch Trout Nobody Could Identify

By Francis H. Ames

Trout Fishing

The Most Remote Wilderness in the Lower 48 Has an Overcrowding Problem

By Christine Peterson

Pike and Muskie Fishing

12-Year-Old Girl Sets Muskie Record in Wisconsin

By Bob McNally

Pike and Muskie Fishing

Old-School Fall Muskie Tactics. How to Catch Giants Without FFS

By Bob Gwizdz

Trout Fishing

How to Catch Giant Trout This Fall (With Spinning Gear)

By Joe Cermele

Bass Fishing

Former Angler of the Year Busted for Attempting to Cheat in Bass Fishing Tournament

By David Zeug

Smallmouth Bass

A Guide’s Secret Tips and Lures for River Smallmouth

By Scott Einsmann

Largemouth Bass

Here’s How Video Games Led This California Kid to Bass Fishing Superstardom

By Joe Cermele

Freshwater

Are Alligator Gar the Ultimate Gamefish or Giant Trash Fish?

By Dac Collins

Largemouth Bass

How to Catch Bass During the Dreaded Fall Turnover

By Homer Circle

Smallmouth Bass

Old School Tactics for Fishing the Fall Smallmouth Bass Blitz. No Forward-Facing Sonar Required

By Robert W. Streeter

Catfish Fishing

He Was Just Trying to Hook a Small Catfish for His Son to Fight. He Ended Up Catching the New State Record

By Bob McNally

Largemouth Bass

Use Traditional Bug Baits to Catch More Bass This Fall

By Colin Moore, Jerry Gibbs

Trout Fishing

Watch Angler Land (and Measure) This Record-Breaking Lake Trout

By Bob McNally

Freshwater

Here’s Why This State Has Become a Hot Spot for Catching Exotic Fish From the Amazon

By Joe Cermele

Freshwater

Minnesota Man Breaks His Own Record for the State’s Biggest Bowfin

By Bob McNally

Bass Fishing

This Professor Teaches Bass Fishing at an Ivy League School. Here’s His Lesson Plan

By Joe Cermele

Pike and Muskie Fishing

I Floated a Remote Canyon with the ‘Old Guide,’ Hoping to Catch a Muskie. Nobody Thought We’d Survive It

By Charles Elliott