Perspective

Trophy-size panfish are the latest frontier for anglers who like big fish. As we’ve said in In-Fisherman, a 1-pound bluegill in most regions is rarer than a 6-pound bass and likely older. Same is...View article

Since 2004, Shinichi Fukae of Osaka, Japan, has spent many March and April days on Beaver Lake in Arkansas in pursuit of largemouth, smallmouth, spotted, and meanmouth bass, competing against hundreds...View article

In three In-Fisherman Professional Walleye Trail (PWT) events in your career, and you’re doing things right. Very right. Executing on tournament days is one of them. Pinpointing the proper fish in...View article

Anglers easing along the bank in spring often note, “Look at all those little bass; that’s a good sign for the future.” Indeed, abundant young bass bode well for a waterway. Likewise, the fishing...View article

Time brings me to the end of my fishing day, but I always make one last cast before I head home. I reposition and firm my grip. My eyes reflex-squint and scan for the perfect spot. Ah, there it is....View article

Since 2004, Shinichi Fukae of Osaka, Japan, has spent many March and April days on Beaver Lake in Arkansas in pursuit of largemouth, smallmouth, spotted, and meanmouth bass, competing against hundreds...View article

By his early teenage years, Aaron Martens had become enthralled with the idea of participating in bass tournaments and becoming a professional bass angler, which his mother Carol encouraged as his tournament...View article

After the whine of the drag and wild thrashing by the boat, a trophy smallmouth bass is lifted from the river. I sit back to admire the bass while our guide unhooks it, snaps a few shots, and carefully...View article

The history of professional bass fishing glistens with tales of ambitious upstarts sleeping in their trucks and surviving on Beanie Weenies, for the chance to make it as a pro. Meager meals and humble...View article

My twin brother John and I were about six years old the winter we tagged along on another ice-fishing adventure with our dad and his fishing partner, Ed Tyc. After a long walk to a known submerged rock-hump,...View article