Lessons Learned & Top Picks

Traveling For Crappies

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

In Search of Trophy Catfish

The dawn of a new century offers a chance for reflection and prognostication. Daydreaming of Native American river life 1,000 years ago brings to mind images of the cats that once swam in untamed rivers...View article
 
OUtlook For record-Class Catches

In Search of Trophy Catfish

The dawn of a new century offers a chance for reflection and prognostication. Daydreaming of Native American river life 1,000 years ago brings to mind images of the cats that once swam in untamed rivers...View article
 
Walleye Behavior in the Great Lakes

Ever Greater

In the ‘70s and ‘80s, the biggest growth in walleye fishing occurred as walleyes were stocked into reservoirs, greatly expanding their range. Non-native species introduced into conducive environments...View article
Controversy And Reality

Record Walleyes Today

The world-record muskie weighed 69 pounds 15 ounces—including the sand poured into its belly. The world record smallmouth weighed 11 pounds 15 ounces—after it was stuffed full of lead and engine...View article
All About This Favorite Fish

The World of Walleyes

The number of walleye anglers in the United States and Canada has increased dramatically over the last 20 years, from 5.2 million in 1980, to 5.8 million in 1990, to over 6 million in 1996. Anglers...View article
Firsthand Field Report -- Northwest Ontario, Canada

State Of The Muskie Union

Despite all the trappings associated with muskie fishing, a good part of our success still hinges on being in the right place at the right time. Northwestern Ontario was the right place to be and the...View article
Nature of Pike

Pondering Pike

Northern pike are one of the most widespread and popular of the world’s freshwater sportfish. The biggest pike, those that tip the scales at 20 pounds or more, remain scarce across much of the Lower...View article
Predicting The Bite

Walleyes On The Rise & Fall

Learning about bites too late is a grand old American pastime. Should have been there last week. Is it possible to forecast when lakes were about to turn red hot?  Fisheries rise...View article
Brook Trout Today

State of the Squaretail

In hushed twilight, 100 miles from any road, a brook trout rose. It was the vanguard of a run from the sea. It journeyed inland 50 miles from Hudson Bay to catch my eye, and a little spoon plopped into...View article