Anglers like to debate topics that don't have easy answers. Like what fish is the toughest fighting? The most glamorous? The hardest to catch? The best eating? Plenty of candidates are found in every...View article
Bass fishing involves many retrieves—burning, ripping, hopping, crawling, shaking, stitching, twitching, jerking, swimming, dragging, and more. There’s no lack of options once a lure hits the water....View article
Without oxygen, life ends. Just ask the minnows panting in your bucket or those belly-up bass in the harbor after a tournament. Our own need for oxygen is painfully evident if we go without it for even...View article
I couldn’t see the splash of my lure landing over the underwater point, but as soon as I popped my surface bait, I was fast to an unseen opponent. Two resounding jumps made me think smallmouth, and...View article
A study by biologists from New Zealand* indicates how the magnetic sense in fish, which is used for homing and long-distance migrations, is organized. Particles of magnetite, an iron-containing substance,...View article
Looking back at a year of fishing, memories abound of great fish and great places. Next issue, I'll talk about some of the fine fish we caught for the 2006 In-Fisherman Television Specials, which begin...View article
