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Fast and flashy, spoons drive through slush-filled holes, get to bottom fast and draw fish off all sizes and shapes in from a distance.  When compared to more subtle presentations, the weight of spoons...View article

White bass spawn in spring, and the spawn generally peaks as water temperatures approach 58°F. Sexually mature fish...View article

How many times have you found yourself on the bank of a large river when fish are busting bait 10 to 15 yards beyond...View article

Our television promotions often tout the ­In-Fisherman staff as the most seasoned and best-traveled editorial staff...View article

Yellow perch are an abundant and adaptable species, and fishing patterns for them often are just as diverse. Fishing...View article

One key to success in fishing is selecting the proper presentation style. Many panfish anglers, especially those...View article

Without recreational angler input, decisions made under a new national oceans and Great Lakes policy could be used to unnecessarily close saltwater and freshwater recreational fishing areas. View article

Recruitment, growth, and mortality: three words that on the surface may not make an angler’s ears ring but buzz loudly in a fishery biologist’s. These three rate functions are important because...View article

For decades, anglers fishing a variety of waterways across the nation have caught untold numbers of suspended blue catfish on trotlines and juglines. Since the 1990s, chummers and punchbait aficionados...View article

 Although a giant bluegill can turn up at any time, two Calendar Periods have proven consistently better than the Spawn Period...View article

 A pontoon boat’s dimensions and comfortable features make it a standard family utility craft, since it can be used for a range...View article

 The term panfish typically summons images of perch or bluegills or crappie. They get the most press, are more widespread, and...View article

 A crappie belt roughly includes a region from West Texas and Colorado on the western edge, south of a line running from Nebraska...View article

 Competitive fishing has honed today’s specialized bass and walleye boats. Lately, the growing popularity of crappie tournaments...View article

Sometimes looks can be deceiving. When my mother returned from a scenic cruise of the Lake Erie islands, she was quick to ask how I find, and fish for, walleyes on such a monstrous body of water. From...View article