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mcmanus at the bass masters classic

Largemouth Bass

Pat McManus Once Sabotaged the BASS Masters Classic

By Patrick F. McManus

A fisherman in New York holds up a big pink salmon.

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

Fisherman Stripped of His Salmon Record Because of This Odd Technicality

A pair of hands hold up a striped bass

Striped Bass Fishing

Where Are All the Striped Bass? A Biologist Forecast for Your New Normal This Fall

By Christine Peterson

A man holds up a nice peacock bass in Florida.

Quick Strike Podcast: Why You Need to Fish for These Hard-Fighting Florida Exotics Before You Die

A fishing guide with a state-record muskie caught in Wisconsin.

Pike and Muskie Fishing

Giant Muskie Caught and Released in Green Bay Is a New Wisconsin Record

An angler chases a huge Atlantic salmon down a river.

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

Watch: ‘Ginormous’ Atlantic Salmon Takes Angler on a Mile-Long Run Downriver

A fisherman with a sunfish caught on a cane pole.

Panfish Fishing

‘Marathon’ Angler Who Broke 24-Hour Fishing Record on 9/11 Didn’t Stop Until He’d Caught 2,977 Sunfish

A noodler supports a heavy trophy flathead with two hands.

Catfish Fishing

18 Wild Photos of Catfish Noodlers Wrestling Giant Flatheads

By Natalie Krebs

An Idaho angler with a state record flathead catfish.

Catfish Fishing

She Just Landed Idaho’s New State-Record Catfish. The Old Record Belonged to Her Husband

Trotliner pulls in large blue catfish from white river

Catfish Fishing

24 Fascinating Photos of the Master Catfish Trotliners Who Are Keeping This Southern Tradition Alive

Photographs by Rory Dole, story by Natalie Krebs

A kayak fisherman holds up a false albacore.

Saltwater Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: Hammer High-Speed False Albacore Without a (Motor) Boat

Largemouth Bass

Widow Sues Major League Fishing After Deadly Boat Crash

By Alex Robinson

A painting of four fishermen leaning over the gunnel of a boat.

Saltwater Fishing

Fishing with the Year-Round, Blue-Collar Party Boaters of New York City

By Peter Kaminsky

A kid lying beside a giant halibut that is the new junior world record.

This Kid Just Wanted to Catch Something Big. He May Have Caught a World Record

bassmaster tournament

Largemouth Bass

Bassmaster (Partially) Bans Forward-Facing Sonar for the 2026 Season. Fans Love It — and Hate It

By Derek Horner

Four anglers hold up a giant striped marlin in Oregon.

Saltwater Fishing

We Just Caught a Giant Striped Marlin Off the Oregon Coast. That Almost Never Happens

Fisherman Jimmy Fee holds up a bowfin to the camera.

Quick Strike Podcast: This Is the Secret to Catching More Bowfin

A vintage illustration of a fisherman fighting a pike in a small raft.

Pike and Muskie Fishing

I Waited 20 Years to Fish This Wilderness Lake. It Was Better Than I Dreamed

A Minnesota kayak fisherman with a state-record bowfin.

This Kayak Fisherman Found a Bowfin Honey Hole, Then Landed a State Record

An Ohio angler with a big muskie.

Watch: This Might Be the Sickest Muskie Eat You’ll Ever See

A mugshot of an elderly Florida man arrested for assault on a kid who was fishing

‘Not Very Neighborly.’ Florida Man Arrested for Assaulting Kids Fishing a Neighborhood Pond

A freshwater drum fisherman.

Quick Strike Podcast: The Most Underrated Fish in America Will Beat the Hell Out of You

cane pole fishing

Largemouth Bass

Flipjacking: We Uncover the Lost Art of Cane-Pole Fishing for Bass

By Erwin A. Bauer

An Alabama angler next to a pending state-record swordfish.

Swordfish That ‘Looked Like a Dinosaur’ Should Crush the Alabama State Record by 102 Pounds

A 13-year-old angler with a big sea bass in California.

California Kid’s Giant Sea Bass Could Be a New World Record, Except for One Technicality

Fly Fishing from a Kayak? These 3 Tricks Will Prevent a Trainwreck

night time smallmouth

Smallmouth Bass

Night Fishing Secrets: 4 Species You Should Be Targeting After Sunset This Summer

A giant alligator gar hanging on scales; a group of alligator gar fishermen.

This Giant Gar Weighs 20 Pounds More Than the State Record, But It Won’t Qualify

Largemouth Bass

Gollywompers: A Secret Old Bait for Giant Bass

By Robert E. Price

live bait species

The 6 Best Live Bait Species You Can Catch Yourself

A young angler holds up a double-digit largemouth bass.

Largemouth Bass

Texas Kid Catches Record Breaking Bass

An angler with a giant brown trout from New Zealand.

Beast of a Brown Trout Caught at Night in New Zealand Is a New World Record

The Texas Rig Explained in 90 Seconds

By Derek Horner

A young angler with the head of a grouper that was eaten by a shark.

Saltwater Fishing

What Can We Do About Sharks Stealing Our Catches? Congress Wants Answers, Too

By Kris Millgate

boundary waters canoe area wilderness

Podcast: “This Type of Mine Has Not Been Done Without Polluting.” Why the Boundary Waters Mine Is a Bad Trade

By Alex Robinson

big trout small flies

Quick Strike Podcast: How to Catch Giant Trout on Tiny Flies

A winning team celebrates onboard after a billfish tournament.

Saltwater Fishing

13 Epic Photos from the Fishing Tournament that Pays Million-Dollar Checks (and Where an NBA Legend Finished Second)

smallmouth bass

Smallmouth Bass

Old School Tactics for Catching Fall Smallmouth Bass

A group of tournament anglers pose with a big escolar on the scales.

This Record Fish Caught in the Gulf Peeled Off 2,000 Feet of Line Before Anglers Knew It Was Hooked

The author testing the best walleye rods.

Walleye Fishing

The Best Walleye Rods of 2026, Tested and Reviewed

Largemouth Bass

Old-School Tips for Catching Giant Bass in Small Ponds

By Anthony A. Ciuffa

A disabled angler and his family out on a fishing boat in the Gulf.

Saltwater Fishing

This Gulf Coast Captain Customized His Boat and Gear So He Could Guide Disabled Anglers

An Arizona angler with a record-sized largemouth bass.

Monster Largemouth Bass Caught in Tournament Should Be a New State Record

world record muskies

Pike and Muskie Fishing

The World-Record Muskie That Turned Out to be a Hoax — and the Investigation That Brought It Down

By John Dettloff

A fisherman with a rare deepwater fish; fisherman's son with another rare fish.

Father and Son Catch Two Bizarre Record Fish on the Same Day

A fisheries official reaches into a net filled with stocker rainbow trout.

Stocking Fish Is Getting So Expensive that Kansas Is Slashing Its Trout Season

By Kris Millgate

A big fluke caught aboard a flounder party boat operated by the Big Mohawk.

Saltwater Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: How to Become a Party Boat Flounder Pounder

An Arizona fisherman with the new state-record redear sunfish.

Giant Redear Sunfish that Fought Like a Bass Is a New Arizona Record

Three Black Bears in Montana

We Rented a Forest Service Cabin for Our Fishing Trip. We Spent the Weekend Battling Problem Bears

By Leon Copenhaver

A painting of a mako shark feeding on a fish

Tales from the Mako Shark Fishermen Who Make Captain Quint Look Like a Rookie

Two anglers with a big lake trout from the Midwest.

Michigan Lake Trout Floors Biologists, Who Say It’s the Oldest Fish They’ve Ever Seen

Kansas blue catfish state record.

Catfish Fishing

Kansas Just Certified a New Record Blue Catfish, and It’s a Giant

By Natalie Krebs

The Hunt for a Record Cape Cod Striper in the suft

Striped Bass Fishing

After a Weeklong Skunking on Cape Cod, We Caught the Biggest Striper Blitz of the Fall

By Frank Woolner

A bunch of sportfishing boats head offshore from Cabo San Lucas.

Saltwater Fishing

The ‘Super Bowl’ of Offshore Fishing Tournaments Is Expanding into Costa Rica

A bowfisherman holds up a record-sized flathead catfish in Michigan.

Bowfisherman Sticks a State-Record Catfish, Has to Wrestle It Out of the Creek with His Bare Hands

An angler in Idaho holds up a state-record lake trout.

Record Lake Trout Caught in Idaho Is a Sign of a Fishery Reborn

An illustration of a big sailfish about to spear a man.

Saltwater Fishing

I Was Alone, Adrift at Sea, and Speared by a Sailfish. Then My Troubles Really Started

By Frank Sargeant

A bass hair popper on a log

Quick Strike Podcast: The Old-School Bass Fly That Still Slays

Two backcountry paddlers with a New York record brook trout.

Canoe Tripper Catches Record Trout in the Backcountry, Finds a Creative Way to Preserve It

illustration of two men in a canoe

I Was Floating One of the West’s Great Trout Rivers. Then the Governor Dropped in on His Helicopter

By Erwin A. Bauer

An illustration of a boy fishing at night with his dad.

Largemouth Bass

Nights Were the Only Time My Dad Had Time to Himself. He Took Me Fishing Anyway

By Jerry Dennis

A black carp being harvested in a boat.

Want to Make Thousands by Fishing? Arkansas Just Put a Bounty on Black Carp

guided fishing trip

How to Book a Guided Fishing Trip, Without Getting Ripped Off

A spotted bass on a boat deck

A Florida Man Caught This Fish During a Tournament. It Broke a 40-Year-Old State Record