Freshwater (Page 3)

The top freshwater fishing destinations and tips for catching bass, panfish, walleyes, muskies, and more.

Latest in Freshwater

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

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

Why Every Boat Owner Threatens to Buy a Bigger One, According to McManus

By Patrick F. McManus

Largemouth Bass

How to Never Lose Another Giant Bass Again

By Kristine Fischer

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

Angler Unseats Her Sister’s Steelhead Record While Fishing Alongside Her

She Missed a Day of Fishing, Then Caught a ‘Megalodon’ Brown Trout. It Should Break the Idaho Record

These Are the 10 Most Underrated Freshwater Fish

This Weird Bass Bait Is Fetching Absurd Prices. Here’s Why

By Derek Horner

Pike and Muskie Fishing

The Best Musky Lures: 6 Classic Baits for Catching the Fish of 10,000 Casts

By Kristine Fischer

Largemouth Bass

To Catch the Biggest Bass of Your Life, Try Fishing Smaller Lakes

By Charles Elliott

Pike and Muskie Fishing

We Canoed 200 Miles into the Bush for the Best Walleye and Pike Fishing of Our Lives

By Don St. John

Largemouth Bass

Old-School Advice for Catching Giant Bass on Dragonflies

By Robert E. Price

Catfish Fishing

These Are the Biggest North American Catfish of All Time

By Ken Perrotte

These Trusty (and Seriously Weird) Baits Still Have a Cult Following

By Byron W. Dalrymple

Catch These 6 Live Bait Species to Land More Fish This Summer

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

By Natalie Krebs

Largemouth Bass

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

By Kristine Fischer

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

Largemouth Bass

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

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

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

Catch the Biggest Trout of Your Life On These Bass Lures

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

By Scott Einsmann

Old-School Float Tips for Targeting River Smallmouth

By Hank Bradshaw

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

Smallmouth Bass

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

Pike and Muskie Fishing

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

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

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

By Paul M. Liikala

Largemouth Bass

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

By Bill Phillips

Bluegill Fishing

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

By Byron W. Dalrymple

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?

Largemouth Bass

The Near World-Record Bass That Changed California Fishing Overnight

By Chuck Garrison

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

Smallmouth Bass

We Found an Unreal River Smallmouth Bite Despite Blazing Hot Weather

Beaver Ponds Are Still a Secret Spot for Catching Trout. Here’s How to Fish Them

By Nelson Bryant

Largemouth Bass

The Best Topwater Lures for Bass: 9 Classics That Still Catch Big Fish

By Pete Robbins

How to Catch Big Trout on Soft Plastics

The Ultimate Guide to Fishing a Chatterbait

By Kristine Fischer, Derek Horner

Panfish Fishing

The Biggest Panfish of All Time

By Ken Perrotte

Crappie Fishing

Old-School Crappie Tactics for Fishing the Spring Spawn

By John Phillips

Catfish Fishing

The Weird Trick Catfish Anglers Are Using to Call Fish to the Boat

By Chad Ferguson

The Unmaking of an Ozark Stream, and One Last Big Bass with My Grandpa

By Larry Dablemont

Smallmouth Bass

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

By Derek Horner