Fishing (Page 3)

The best fishing coverage on bass, panfish, trout, walleyes, salt water species, and more.

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Smallmouth Bass

Catch More Smallmouth Bass on the Fly (Without a Boat)

Saltwater Fishing

Angler Lands One of the Biggest Tripletail Ever Caught in His State

How to Tie a Uni Knot: This Is a Classic Knot That All Anglers Should Know

Pike and Muskie Fishing

How I Brought an Iconic Muskie Fishery Back from the Brink of Collapse

By Cecil E. Heacox

Bluegill Fishing

Use These Traditional Tactics to Catch Big Summer Bluegills on Southern Reservoirs

How to Tie an FG Knot: The Strongest Way to Connect Braid to a Leader

Use This Clever Trick to Unsnag Your Lures

Walleye Fishing

How to Fillet a Walleye and Actually Get All the Meat, According to This Legendary Fisherman

By Alex Robinson

Largemouth Bass

My Logbook of 20,000 Lunkers Shows Exactly Which Lures Catch Big Bass

Largemouth Bass

I Caught Two 11-Pound Bass on the Same Day. Here’s How I did It

By Kristine Fischer

Saltwater Fishing

The 11 Ugliest Fish in the World

By Alan Clemmons

Walleye Fishing

‘It Was a Super Weird Flash in the Water.’ Angler Catches Incredibly Rare Golden Walleye

By Alex Robinson

We Floated the Yukon River and Struck It Rich

By John S. Flannery

The Forest Service Has Closed the Most Popular Wilderness Area in America Due to Wildfire Danger

By Alex Robinson

The Biggest Trout Ever Caught

By Ken Perrotte

Walleye Fishing

These Giant Walleyes Are Tracked By Advanced Tech and a Fanatical Fishing Culture

Bluegill Fishing

Meet the “Slab Queen” Who Is on a Mission to Grow (and Catch) the Next World-Record Bluegill

Smallmouth Bass

Decades Ago, These Driftless Area Streams Were Smallmouth Bass Goldmines

By Alain Wood Prince

Bluegill Fishing

Giant Bluegill Breaks Minnesota State Record. It’s the Second Time This Lake Has Produced a Record Panfish This Year

The Battle of the DC Reels: Shimano Curado DC vs Abu Garcia Revo SX VoltiQ

By Derek Horner

Bluegill Fishing

Fly Fishing for Bluegills: Here’s How to Get in on the Best Bite of Summer

Largemouth Bass

How to Catch More Bass from Your Kayak

By Kristine Fischer

Saltwater Fishing

Jigging for Squid Is the Ultimate Night Fishing Party

By Matthew Every

Smallmouth Bass

3 Tips for Targeting Wolf-Packs of Smallmouth Bass with Forward-Facing Sonar

By Derek Horner

Smallmouth Bass

We Took a Family Camping Trip In This Border Country Wilderness and Had the Best Fishing of Our Lives

By Alain Wood Prince

Striped Bass Fishing

How to Read the Surf and Catch More Fish from the Beach

Largemouth Bass

In the 1990s, a Bizarre Cult Formed Around Catching the Next World Record Bass

By Jim Matthews

Pike and Muskie Fishing

Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Fish for Muskies or Trophy Pike When Water Temperatures Exceed 75 Degrees

By Kristine Fischer

Dig Your Own Bait: Hit These Secret Spots to Find Giant Worm Colonies

By John B. Gleason

Forget Car Camping. In This Heat, You Should Go Boat Camping

By Erwin A. Bauer

A Heart Attack Changed How He Fished. Then He Caught a Record-Shattering Brown Trout

You Don’t Need a Boat. Here’s How to Catch Fish from Shore

By Kristine Fischer

Pike and Muskie Fishing

Catch Big Pike All Summer Using These Old-School Trolling Tactics

By Jack G. Mell

How to Catch Big Bass in Muddy Water with the Right Lure

By David A. Brown

Pike and Muskie Fishing

The Most Insane 12 Days of Muskie Fishing in Wisconsin History

By Gordon MacQuarrie

Pike and Muskie Fishing

‘Our Net Ain’t Big Enough for This.’ Father and Son’s Giant Muskie Is an Unofficial Vermont Record

Wild Caught Fish Recipes

How to Bleed a Fish (and When to Skip It) for Better-Tasting Filets

Officials Salvage Around 1,000 Trophy Trout from Drought-Stricken Colorado Reservoir

Smallmouth Bass

How to Catch Smallmouth Bass in Rivers

By Kristine Fischer

Saltwater Fishing

3 Reasons Why Dolphins (Almost) Never Get Hooked by Anglers

Pike and Muskie Fishing

How a $250 Gamble Turned Into the Fishing Trip of a Lifetime

By Marc Terziev

Yes, You Can Eat Snakeheads. They’re Delicious

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

I Spent a Week Fighting Bulls (and Other Anglers) on the Atlantic’s Best Salmon River

By Ralph Tuttle

Idaho Fisherman Reclaims His Spot in the Record Book with Another Monster Lake Trout Caught from the Same Lake

Smallmouth Bass

The Best Smallmouth Fishing of My Life Was Where I Least Expected It

By Hank Bradshaw

Berkley Lab Series: Is It Worth the Hype?

By Derek Horner

Jet Ski Fisherman Fends Off a Shark and Lands a Tuna That Was Too Big for His Sea Doo

Saltwater Fishing

I Got in a Fist Fight with a Texas Pike

By John Wootters

Secrets to Catching Giant Trout on a River Better Known for Catfish

This Gigantic Sturgeon Needed Two Tape Measures and Would Have Shattered the World Record

Largemouth Bass

What Do Bass Eat? (Anything They Want)

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

No Other Fish Has Divided Anglers Quite Like Landlocked Salmon

Pike and Muskie Fishing

3 Easy Fixes for Actually Catching Pike on the Fly

Largemouth Bass

Tips for Catching Bigger Bass at Night, According to 3 Experts

By Travis Faulkner

3 Tips for Catching Monster Brown Trout in Small Streams

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

How My Wife Outfished Me and Our Guide During the Glory Days of Northwest Salmon Fishing

By Charles Elliott

The Best Bass Fishing Tips for Beginners

By Joe Cermele, Derek Horner

6 Reasons Green Pumpkin Is the Best Bass Lure Color of All Time

By David A. Brown

Brown Trout Are British Imports. These Are the 4 Native Trout You Should Chase to Celebrate America’s 250th

Pike and Muskie Fishing

Secrets for Catching, Cleaning, and Frying Northern Pike — from a Fishing Legend

By Alex Robinson

Catfish Fishing

5 Lessons for Catching Trophy Flathead Catfish This Summer

By Keith Sutton

6 Fishing Rules That Are Commonly (and Unknowingly) Broken

The 5 Hardest Fish to Hook

How to Fish a Laydown for Giant Bass and Panfish

By Derek Horner