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A photo of Brayden Shaw with his potential world-record bighead carp.

Kentucky Teen Arrows Potential World-Record Bighead Carp with a Busted Arrow

By Natalie Krebs

A largemouth bass in a net with a swimbait in its mouth.

Largemouth Bass

Serious Bass Anglers Should Know When to Fizz Fish. Here’s How to Do It Safely

By Kristine Fischer

A big brown trout on the hook at night.

How I Discovered the Best Time to Catch Monster Brown Trout Is at Night

glide baits for bass

Largemouth Bass

How to Fish Glide Baits: The Trendiest Way to Catch a Giant Largemouth Bass

silhouette of two canoeists paddling across lake mostly in darkness

Before Graduation, My Buddies and I Canoed 600 Miles Through the Canadian Wilderness. We Almost Didn’t Make It

A walleye in a fishing net.

Crappie Fishing

Minnesotans Are Harvesting 80 Million Pounds of Fish — More Than Twice the DNR Estimate. Has Forward-Facing Sonar Lead to Over Harvesting?

By Alex Robinson

A rainbow trout with a crankbait hanging out of its jaw.

Catch the Biggest Trout of Your Life On These Bass Lures

A snakehead caught in Virginia by the author.

These Invasive Dragons Are the Ultimate Gamefish. Here’s How to Catch Them

By Scott Einsmann

A man nets a fish out of a boat on the buffalo in an old color photograph.

Old-School Float Tips for Targeting River Smallmouth

By Hank Bradshaw

An angler with a huge lake trout from Lake Superior.

This Guide on Lake Superior Has Helped Break the Minnesota Lake Trout Record Four Times in a Row

Smallmouth bass

Smallmouth Bass

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

Green Bay Muskie fishing

Pike and Muskie Fishing

The 7 Best Waters to Catch a Trophy Muskie, According to a North Woods Legend

an illustration of a Mako shark jumping into the back of a boat

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

7 Unbelievable (But True) Stories of Record Catches, Wild Fights, and One Pissed-Off Shark

By Paul M. Liikala

jiggerpole fishing

Largemouth Bass

This Forgotten Bass Fishing Tactic Required 18-Foot Poles and Massive Lures (and it Slayed Monster Largemouth)

By Bill Phillips

an illustration of spawning bluegills

Bluegill Fishing

Why You’re Only Catching Small Bluegills, and How to Fix It

By Byron W. Dalrymple

Three anglers hold up a giant blue catfish.

Catfish Fishing

Tournament Fisherman Weighs in a Record-Breaking Catfish in West Virginia

Largemouth Bass

Should Anglers Keep More Largemouth Bass to Improve Trophy Fisheries?

Ray Easley big bass

Largemouth Bass

The Near World-Record Bass That Changed California Fishing Overnight

By Chuck Garrison

freshwater fish

The 10 Gnarliest Freshwater Fish in the World (and How to Catch Them)

Old color photos of smallmouth fishing

Smallmouth Bass

We Found an Unreal River Smallmouth Bite Despite Blazing Hot Weather