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The best wading boots grip slippery rocks and keep your feet comfortable all day
Gear

The Best Wading Boots

By Chris Hunt

tournament angler cheaters LEWT
Fishing

Professional Walleye Anglers Caught Stuffing Fish with Weights During a Tournament on Lake Erie

By Dac Collins

The best fly rods for trout are versatile and easy to cast.
Gear

The Best Trout Fly Rods of 2024

By Chris Hunt

A Houston girl with a giant alligator gar.
Fishing

10-Year-Old Texan Catches Her Personal Best Alligator Gar, Releases the Would-Be State Record

By Natalie Krebs

TN record blue cat released, edited
Fishing

Pending Record Blue Catfish Caught (and Released) in Tennessee

By Dac Collins

Maryland swordfish record
Fishing

New Maryland Swordfish Crushes Previous State Record by 75 Pounds

By Katie Hill

Soft plastics for fall trout
Fishing

The Ultimate Guide to Spin Fishing for Fall Trout

By Joe Cermele

Pacu in Florida.
Fishing

Florida Has Become the Budget-Friendly Amazon for Anglers

By Joe Cermele

dead menhaden in Gulf of Mexico
Fishing

900,000 Fish Were Netted, Killed, and Dumped Back into the Gulf of Mexico. Not Many People Know or Care

By Katie Hill

fly fishing for pike
Fishing

Let’s Get Real About Catching Pike on the Fly

By Joe Cermele

The new traditions issue of outdoor life magazine.
Hunting

Traditions Unchanged: The Newest Issue of the Outdoor Life Digital Edition

By Alex Robinson

aussie teen catches country's oldest tuna
Fishing

Australian Teen Catches Record-Breaking, 29-Year-Old Bluefin Tuna

By Katie Hill

edited shark in boat screenshot
Fishing

Watch: Hooked Mako Shark Goes Airborne, Jumps into Fishing Boat

By Dac Collins

lead photo TX coast leopard redfish
Fishing

Fisherman Catches Rare “Leopard Redfish” on South Texas Coast

By Dac Collins

Dolphins and fishing
Fishing

Why Dolphins (Almost) Never Get Hooked by Anglers

By Joe Cermele

Man holding giant carp.
Gear

The Best Carp Baits of 2024

By Kevin Hughes

Fals albacore
Fishing

I Ate Raw False Albacore — and Liked It

By Joe Cermele

cantrell's world record paddlefish from Arkansas
Fishing

Possible World-Record Paddlefish Speared in Arkansas Lake

By Bob McNally

A father-son duo broke the North Carolina swordfish record this week.
Fishing

Father-Son Duo Beat North Carolina State-Record Swordfish by 63 Pounds

By Katie Hill

Trout caught on a fly rod
Fishing

The Best Fly Fishing Rods for Beginners in 2024

By Spencer Durrant

Four of the best lipless crainbait bass lures
Gear

Best Lipless Crankbaits for Bass

By Pete Robbins

edited mexican red snapper poachers caught
Conservation

Coast Guard Intercepts 3 Boats off Texas Coast with 2,425 Pounds of Illegally Caught Red Snapper

By Katie Hill

Man holding fish and fishing rod on a body of water
Fishing

The Best Braided Fishing Lines for Bass

By Pete Robbins

Yellowstone floods road through Gardner Canyon
Conservation

Yellowstone’s Native Fish Populations Still Healthy in the Wake of June Floods

By Chris Hunt

50-inch muskie
Fishing

Minnesota Kid Lands Two 50-Inch Muskies in Two Days

By Katie Hill

edited andy moore fish fossil
Fishing

Kayak Fisherman Snags 90-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossil in Missouri River

By Bob McNally

nova southeastern U billfish catch-and-release study
Fishing

How Long Does It Take a Billfish to Recover After It’s Caught and Released?

By Keegan Sentner

Tuna fishermen watched a great white shark eat a large carcass near San Diego.
Fishing

New Footage of Great White Devouring Sea Lion Carcass

By Katie Hill

Two magnet fishermen found a M15 landmine in the Flint River.
Fishing

Magnet Fishermen Discover a Landmine in Michigan’s Flint River

By Katie Hill

screenshot of jabronis posing with shark, edited and blurred
Opinion

Video of Two Men Stabbing a Shark on a Florida Beach Shows Exactly Why Land-Based Shark Fishermen Are Getting a Bad Rap

By Dac Collins

Riley Gracely shark tooth.
Fishing

Kid Finds Giant Shark Tooth That’s Likely 25 Million Years Old

By Bob McNally

international catfish collage
Fishing

The Biggest Record Catfish from Around the World

By Ken Perrotte

Florida's new state record hogfish.
Fishing

Florida Scuba Diver Spears New State-Record Hogfish

By Bob McNally

John Bertolasio's state-record cobia catch
Fishing

Unfamiliar Fish Turns Out to Be Connecticut’s New State-Record Cobia

By Wade Thiel

Missouri shortnose gar world record from Lake of the Ozarks
Fishing

Bowfisherman Takes World-Record Shortnose Gar in Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks

By Wade Thiel

Angler wades in stream by barbed-wire fence
Conservation

“I’d Have to Bury You Out Here.” The New Mexico Stream Access Battle Is Far From Over

By Dac Collins

duffie bros MD white marlin open
Fishing

Anglers Caught a $4.5 Million White Marlin. It’s the Largest Payout in Fishing Tournament History

By Dac Collins

A smallmouth bass in Michigan.
Fishing

These Anglers Break Records (Almost) No One Cares About

By Michael Carr

north american catfish collage
Fishing

The Biggest North American Catfish of All Time

By Ken Perrotte

screenshot magnet fishermen army base
Fishing

Magnet Fishermen Ticketed After Uncovering 86 Rockets, Other Ordnance While Fishing on a Georgia Army Base

By Bob McNally

sand tiger shark maryland dnr
Fishing

Will a Few Oblivious Anglers Get Land-Based Shark Fishing Outlawed Entirely?

By Joe Cermele

Best bobber
Fishing

The Best Bobbers for Catching More Fish

By Joe Cermele

Idaho channel catfish turns out to be a blue cat.
Fishing

Idaho’s New Record Channel Catfish Turns Out to Be a Blue Catfish. It’s Still a State Record

By Dac Collins

Treble hook
Fishing

The 6 Most Common Ways Fishing Leads to Injuries, Stitches, and Emergency Room Visits

By Joe Cermele

The Lousiana state-record bluegill.
Fishing

Retired Welder Catches New Louisiana State-Record Bluegill From His Neighbor’s Pond

By Bob McNally

Two fishermen on the beach, one holding a rod, the other a fish, with a drone above them.
Fishing

Will Drones Take Over Fishing or Be Banned From It?

By Sam Lungren

Giant Mississippi catfish
Fishing

Mississippi Fisherman Catches Giant Blue Catfish with a Secret Family Bait Recipe

By Bob McNally

The author hold up a juvenile red fish.
Fishing

How to Catch Inshore Redfish, Trout, and Flounder from a Kayak

By Kristine Fischer

A Wisconsin-caught chinook salmon.
Fishing

Angler Lands Heaviest Chinook Salmon Caught in Wisconsin Since 1994

By Bob McNally

Take a kid fishing.
Fishing

The Biggest Mistakes Parents Make When Trying to Raise a Diehard Angler

By Joe Cermele

Colorado is asking anglers to catch fish in two reservoirs.
Fishing

Colorado Asks Anglers to Catch and Keep as Many Fish as Possible Before Two Reservoirs Dry Up

By Keegan Sentner

Fish Kill Hits Famed Trout Stream in Minnesota
Fishing

Fish Kill Hits Famed Trout Stream in Minnesota

By Wade Thiel

World record marlin.
Fishing

World Record Marlin

By Ken Perrotte

tiger muskie CT
Fishing

Angler Surprised to Catch Two Huge Tiger Muskies in Connecticut Reservoir

By Bob McNally

daniels CO record brookie
Fishing

Giant Colorado Brook Trout Breaks 75-Year-Old State Record

By Bob McNally

Cohen Snell shortbill spearfish
Fishing

Young Kiwi Catches World-Record Shortbill Spearfish

By Keegan Sentner

Greenland shark.
Conservation

Rare Arctic Shark Found in Caribbean Waters

By Kristen A. Schmitt

The Teckel Sprinker is one of the best frog lures
Fishing

How to Catch Snakeheads

By Scott Einsmann

Channel catfish record.
Fishing

Idaho Angler Catches Record Channel Catfish

By Bob McNally

gold bass
Fishing

Ultra-Rare Orange Smallmouth Bass Caught in Michigan

By Bob McNally

Whale smashes fishing boat.
Fishing

Watch: Breaching Humpback Whale Smashes Fishing Boat

By Bob McNally

red sockeye getty
Opinion

This Year’s Record-Breaking Salmon Run in Alaska’s Bristol Bay Proves Why Pebble Mine Is Such a Terrible Idea

By Dac Collins

Smallmouth bass
Conservation

Why Smallmouth Bass Are One of the Most Dangerous Fish in the Country

By Joe Cermele

Jason Emmel holding the record breaking blue catfish he shot.
Fishing

Virginia Bowfisherman Shoots Record Blue Catfish

By Wade Thiel

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Biologists fit a GPS collar on a wolf on a tailgate.
Conservation

Colorado Wolf Pack Captured and Relocated to “Secure Enclosure” Following Conflicts with Ranchers

By Katie Hill

We tested the best freestanding and non-freestanding tents.
Adventure

Freestanding vs Non-Freestanding Tents: The Pros and Cons of 2 Ultralight Designs

By Ashley Thess

A big velvet iowa deer lying in the grass and with its cape at a taxidermist.
Conservation

Iowa Officials Are Asking for Help After a 214-Inch Buck Got Poached and a New Deputy Botched the Investigation

By Katie Hill

A close-up of Sitka's pixelated Optifade Cover camo pattern for eastern hunters
Big Game Hunting

Sitka Optifade Cover First Look: A New Camo Pattern Designed for Eastern Deer and Turkey Hunters

By Alice Jones Webb