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An angler spears a flounder in the shallows.
Fishing

Watch: ‘Jubilee’ Draws Millions of Fish into Gulf Coast Shallows, Where They’re Ripe for Gigging

By Bob McNally

A Minnesota angler with a massive pike.
Fishing

Huge Pike Caught in Boundary Waters Would Have Broken Minnesota’s State Record, Except for One Technicality

By Bob McNally

We tested the best spot lock trolling motors.
Gear

The Best Spot-Lock Trolling Motors of 2024

By Pete Robbins

An italian angler with one of the biggest Wels catfish ever caught.
Fishing

The Biggest Fish Ever Caught

By Dac Collins

We tested the Revo Rocket.
Fishing

The Best Fishing Lines for Spinning Reels of 2024

By Pete Robbins

smallmouth bass caught in a river
Fishing

The Best Way to Catch Smallmouth Bass in Rivers: Hit Them With Topwater Lures While Wading

By Joe Cermele

redfish regulations
Fishing

Louisiana Will Tighten Redfish Harvest Restrictions for the First Time Since the 1980s

By Bob McNally

best bass fishing tips for beginners lead
Fishing

The Best Bass Fishing Tips for Beginners

By Joe Cermele

Blackfin Tuna Caught During Miami Dolphins Tournament Should Break the World Record
Fishing

Blackfin Tuna Caught During Miami Dolphins Tournament Should Break the World Record

By Bob McNally

Spearfishermen hold up their catches.
Fishing

Freediver Spears Pending Record Pompano During Florida Tournament, Wins First Place

By Bob McNally

A finished Alberto knot, which is used to connect line to leader.
Fishing

How to Tie the Alberto Knot: A Step-by-Step Guide with Photos and Video

By Joe Cermele

An angler holds up a hybrid striped bass.
Fishing

‘Super-Size’ Hybrid Striper Caught on a Crankbait Breaks Ohio Record

By Bob McNally

Catching bass on frog baits.
Fishing

How to Catch Bass on Frog Baits

By Alex Robinson, Kristine Fischer, Joe Cermele

improved clinch knot
Fishing

How to Tie the Improved Clinch Knot: A Step-by-Step Guide with Photos and Video

By Joe Cermele

A largemouth bass caught on a texas rig
Fishing

How to Fish a Texas Rig: A Complete Guide on Baits, Tactics, and More

By Derek Horner

Measuring and releasing a piebald lemon shark.
Fishing

Watch: ‘Incredibly Rare’ Piebald Shark Caught and Released in Florida

By Dac Collins

fly fishing for bluegills
Gear

Fly Fishing for Bluegills: A Guide to the Easiest Bite of Summer

By Joe Cermele

Bass pro Matty Wong with a giant bass he caught in front of a cop.
Fishing

Watch: Pro Fisherman Risks a Ticket, Catches Giant Bass in Front of the Cops

By Dac Collins

An Oklahoma angler with giant flathead catfish.
Fishing

‘Holy Moly!’ Massive Flathead Caught on Trotline Is Just Shy of State Record

By Bob McNally

Watch: Fisherman Catches 7-Pound ‘Perch of His Dreams’ and Can Hardly Contain Himself
Fishing

Watch: Fisherman Catches 7-Pound ‘Perch of His Dreams’ and Can Hardly Contain Himself

By Dac Collins

Angler fights paddlefish from shore; angler weighs paddlefish.
Fishing

Watch: North Dakota Fisherman Snags Giant Paddlefish, Tying the State Record

By Bob McNally

A diver spears an invasive lionfish beside an artificial reef in Florida.
Fishing

Photos from the World’s Biggest Lionfish Derby

Photographs by Rayna O’Nan, Story by Natalie Krebs

A fish being cut open with lead weights inside, the lead weights used to try to cheat in a fishing tournament.
Fishing

Louisiana Man Arrested After Stuffing 2.5 Pounds of Lead Weights into Bass at Fishing Tourney

By Natalie Krebs

Woman holds trout over stream.
Gear

Orvis 2024 Memorial Day Sale: Save 20% on Performance Apparel

By Ashley Thess

The new state-record white perch caught by Scott Smith in Michigan
Fishing

Michigan’s New Record White Perch Is So Big, It Was Initially Misidentified as a White Bass

By Bob McNally

smallmouth bass
Fishing

How to Catch Smallmouth Bass

By Joe Cermele

A brown trout caught on a cicada fly.
Fishing

How to Fish the 2024 Cicada Hatch

By Dac Collins

Two dead muskies that tried eating each other.
Fishing

Watch: Two Big Muskies Found Dead, with One Lodged in the Other’s Mouth

By Dac Collins

Alabama angler holds snook.
Fishing

Alabama High Schooler’s First Snook Should Set a New State Record

By Bob McNally

kids wading
Fishing

Make Your Little Kid a Better (and Safer) Wading Angler

By Joe Cermele

spearfisherman views bass through underwater foliage
Fishing

Hunting White Seabass, the Gray Ghosts of Southern California

Photos and story by Mike Raabe, as told to Natalie Krebs

Fly angler with striped bass.
Fishing

Fishing Guide Makes One Cast with a Fly Rod, Catches New World-Record Striper

By Bob McNally

snell knot
Fishing

How to Tie a Snell Knot: Step-By-Step Guide With Photos and Video

By Joe Cermele

Spring crappie fishing
Fishing

How to Catch Crappie

By Nicole Stone

how to tie a uni knot
Fishing

How to Tie a Uni Knot: A Step-By-Step Guide With Photos and Video

By Joe Cermele

A Texas fisherman reels in a bull shark from the Guadalupe River.
Fishing

Watch: Fisherman Catches Bull Shark in a Texas River, Sends Internet Into a Panic

By Dac Collins

jerkbait
Fishing

How to Fish a Jerkbait Like a Pro

By Joe Cermele

An angler preparing to cast a wacky rig.
Fishing

Wacky Rig: A Complete Guide on Rigging, Setups, and How to Fish It

By Derek Horner

two canoeists pull canoe along in river from the rocky bank
Adventure

Six Against the River: Canoeing 600 Miles Through the Canadian Wilderness

By Tom Hinman

A man holds a 200-pound alligator snapping turtle and measures a giant gar.
Fishing

Fisherman Catches Gigantic 200-Pound Snapping Turtle, Then Lands World Record Gar

By Bob McNally

Dania Beach fishing pier in Florida.
Fishing

Florida Teen Injured by His Own Fishing Drone while Flying in Prohibited Area

By Dac Collins

An Italian fly angler high-sticks.
Opinion

Euro Nymphing Is Ruining Fly Fishing

By Joe Cermele

A booking image of Kyle Tate.
Fishing

Florida HOA President Arrested for Allegedly Pulling a Gun on Kids Fishing in His Neighborhood, Throwing Away Their Tackle

By Dac Collins

We reviewed the Newport NK300.
Gear

Newport NK300 Kayak Motor Review

By Kevin Hughes

An angler holds up a record-sized yellow perch.
Fishing

Indiana Fisherman Catches State-Record Yellow Perch During Local Fishing Derby

By Dac Collins

An australian angler holds up a barramundi.
Fishing

‘We Were Freaking Out.’ Teen Catches $1 Million Fish from His Local River in Australia

By Bob McNally

A Texas game warden inspects a boat.
Bass Fishing

Texas Game Wardens Seize $100K Worth of Stolen Boats and Motors at Amateur Bass Tournament

By Dac Collins

Jaylynn Parker holds a blue catfish.
Catfish Fishing

101-Pound Blue Catfish Caught on Jugline Is Officially the New Ohio Record

By Katie Hill

The Ned Rig: A Complete Guide to Baits, Gear, and How to Fish It
Fishing

The Ned Rig: A Complete Guide to Baits, Gear, and How to Fish It

By Derek Horner

A group of sharks feeds on a wahoo.
Fishing

Watch: Spearfisherman Loses Wahoo in Mind-Boggling ‘Sharknado’ Feeding Frenzy

By Katie Hill

The head of a giant white sturgeon caught in California.
Fishing

White Sturgeon of ‘Legendary’ Proportions Could Have Rivaled the World Record

By Bob McNally

A giant bluefin tuna is hauled onto a dock.
Fishing

Giant, 888-Pound Tuna Is the Largest Ever Caught off Florida Coast

By Bob McNally

A fly fisherman holds up a state-record cutthroat trout.
Fishing

Idaho Fly Fisherman Lands State-Record Cutthroat Trout, Releases It into Clark Fork River

By Bob McNally

Fishing for blue catfish in the Potomac River of Washington D.C.
Fishing

Fishing for Giant Blue Catfish in the Shadow of Capitol Hill

By Joe Cermele

A magnet pulls a knife from water.
Fishing

Magnet Fisherman Retrieves Key Evidence in a 9-Year-Old Murder Case from a Georgia Creek

By Katie Hill

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Crappie Fishing

It’s OK to Keep Trophy Crappie

By Scott Einsmann

fishing from shore
Fishing

Video: “Go Buy a Boat!” How Close Can You Fish to Someone Else Without Being a Jerk?

By Joe Cermele

The 20 Best Crappie Lures of 2024, Tested and Reviewed
Gear

The 20 Best Crappie Lures of 2024, Tested and Reviewed

By Cory Schmidt

A man holds up a nice pike he caught while pike fishing on a river.
Fishing

Pike Fishing Tips: How to Catch Pike

By Joe Cermele

We tested the best humminbird fish finders.
Gear

The Best Humminbird Fish Finders of 2024

By Pete Robbins

Anglers evacuate a float plane that crashed near the Chandeleur Islands.
Survival

Charter Captain Rescues Floatplane Pilot and 3 Anglers Who Literally Crashed His Fishing Spot

By Bob McNally

record lake trout
Fishing

Watch: Massachusetts Angler Catches Potential Record Lake Trout from Shore

By Bob McNally

Jeffrey Forester holds a Georgia record rock bass.
Fishing

Georgia Angler Sets State’s First Rock Bass Record

By Bob McNally

Chuck Main holds a potential state record-tying yellow perch.
Fishing

Jumbo Yellow Perch Caught by Pennsylvania Angler Should Tie the State Record

By Bob McNally

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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