On Float Tubes and Alligators (and Other Critters That Live Where You Fish)

I have shared the water fairly often with alligators over the years, especially when bass fishing Florida lakes. It never bothered me much. They were mostly sh

Two Videos: A Custom Wooden Boat plus Lives of 5 Fly-Fishing Friends

How about a little entertainment today? Here are two videos I have to share. Whether youve already seen them—they have been floating around around the web f

Wedding Attire: Waders Optional

You know a wedding is going to be a good one when its held on the banks of the Big Horn in Montana and the save the date card says Waders Optional. So I just h

'Calico Syndicate' Inventing New Ways to Get Flies Down Fast and to Cut Through Kelp

Fly fishermen who need to get a fly deep quickly might be interested in the techniques and fishing gear being developed by the Calico Syndicate, a group of

Crowdsourcing: Predicting a Fly Fishing Theme for 2013

Last year, I said that 2012 would be The Year of the Carp.  That was meant to be more of a personal New Years resolution than a fishy twist on the Chinese New

Big Bass: 52-Pound Striper Breaks Delaware State Record

Delawares 34-year-old saltwater striped bass record is now history after a surf fisherman hauled in a 52-pound striper this weekend. From this story on capeg

What's Your 2013 Fishing Resolution?

Yeah, its a bit cliché but I want to know what you all are planning on doing differently fishing wise for 2013. A friend and I had a conversation the other day

Food Trends for 2013: We've Been The Cool Kids All Along

Back in the late 1980s, I was wearing flannel before anyone even heard of Pearl Jam, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that I’m at the forefront of food fashio

Sight Fishing: How Much Does Lens Color Matter in Polarized Glasses?

Sight fishing is top of the game for me. And Im a big believer of using polarized glasses for this type of fishing. I think being able to see what youre after

Write Best Caption, Win Photographic Print

Many of you are familiar with our caption contests. Winners typically receive a rod, reel, or pair of waders—something to that extent…  The prize is going to

Bass Fishing Tip: Use Zip Ties for Wacky Rigging Senkos

One of the most useful things I learned last season was a new way of wacky-rigging Senko soft-plastics for bass. For several years I’ve been using a rubber O-r

Romano Print Caption Contest Winner Announced

Folks, we have a winner! There were a number of hilarious entries to last weeks caption contest, some of which Ive posted below for everyones enjoyment. The wi

If You Could Fish With Anyone, Past or Present, Who Would It Be?

For starters, I have to admit that Im stealing this idea from my friend Brennan Sang, who posed that question on Facebook a few days ago, prompting a string of

The 25 Best Striper Surf Lures of All Time

Editor’s Note: Jimmy Fee is the editor of On The Water magazine and a die-hard surfcaster of the highest caliber. He chases big bass from the rocky North Sh

Fly Fishing Film Tour 2013 Coming to a City Near You

While some of us have the luxury of being able to fish like we always do during this time of the year, most of our fisheries are shut down, frozen over, or

Food Fight Friday: Brown Trout vs Fish Tacos

We’ve been on an extended run of reader-submitted Food Fight photos and it continues this week with two fishy pics. So let’s skip the filler and go right to th

Slide Show: Argentina Cast and Blast

Just after the new year I headed to Argentina for two weeks to chase sea run brown trout at Kau Tuapen lodge and to shoot dove at La Dormida with my partner-in

Fish Recipe: Largemouth Bass Tacos

The best largemouth bass fishing I’ve ever encountered was at Lake Huites, a vast impoundment on the outskirts of the Sierra Madre Occidentals in Sinaloa, Mexi

Fish Recipe: Grill a Whole Fish. Perfectly. Every Time.

The perfect way for an angler who loves to cook to show off his fish is serving it whole, fresh off the grill, with crispy skin and moist flesh. Problem is, th

Fish Recipe: Wok-Steamed Striped Bass with Quick-Preserved Lemons

This dish, a riff on an ancient Chinese method for cooking fish in which the flavor of steamed whole fish is turbocharged by a drizzling of smoking-hot, skin-c