I’ve fished many of the greatest walleye fisheries in North America—and I’ve fished many of the most average, just like some of those out your backdoor. One pattern that develops during spring...View article
Tough to see the real magic of a cigar worm in the water by the boat. Drop one in an aquarium. Let it fall horizontally, squash your nose on the glass and watch both ends wobble ever so slightly while...View article
Since Kevin VanDam began fishing the national tournament trails in 1990, he’s won 12 major events including 3 Bassmaster Classics, banked $3.36 million in prize money, and taken 5 Angler of the Year...View article
Some smallmouth bass fisheries are on fire these days—hotter than a green-chile cheeseburger, especially those in the mid- and northern portions of their range. Nowhere is this more apparent than...View article
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
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