Why 2 Bills Introduced to the House Are Bad for Sportsmen

Have something to say about your public lands? It could cost you… My friends over at Trout Unlimited alerted me to a couple of bills that have been introduced t

Popularity Contest: Do Looks Matter When it Comes to Game Fish?

Lets face it. Trout earn high respect within the fly angling world because they are pretty fish. Doesnt matter if its a rainbow, brown or cutthroat. The trout

Gear Grab Bag Caption Contest Winner Announced

This past caption contest had quite a few entries and some surpassingly good ones at that. The job of choosing the winner was pretty tough, but I had to award

Why I Always Fish Barbless

This graphic, unappetizing story comes courtesy of my friend Will Rice of Trouts Flyfishing in Denver. Will took one for the team to underscore why fishing wit

Best Summer Spots and Baits for Deep-Lurking Lunkers

Now is not the time to pound the banks for bass. After spawning, big largemouths and smallmouths leave the skinny water and scatter offshore, gravitating to dee

Recipe: Salt-Crusted Fish

Roasting fish that’s encased inside a salt crust is a centuries-​old method of ensuring moist, ultra-flavorful flesh. The dramatic presentation is just a happy

The Fishing Tackle Graveyard: What Do You Do With Your Old Gear?

Welcome to the fishing-tackle graveyard, a place where old gear goes to die. The photo shows a shelf in my basement with various reels, long out of service, tha

Fishing Community Mourns Death of Homer Circle, 97

Well-known outdoor writer and TV host, Homer Circle, died unexpectedly Friday at the age of 97. Circle, whose column in Bassmaster magazine was titled, “Ask U

1st African American to Serve on Oregon Wildlife Board Highlights Lack Of Minorities in Outdoor Sports

Much has been written the past few years on the increased number of women taking up hook-and-bullet pursuits, but relatively little attention has been paid to t

Getting Real About the Virtues of Catch-and-Release Fishing

Its interesting to me how a blog post that was really about human pain management  can evolve (and I use that term loosely) into a debate about the virtues (or

Would You Pay for Online Fly Casting Lessons?

Just when you thought youd seen and heard it all… Apparently you can now take fly casting lessons via your computer through a site called Flystiles.com. So ho

Recipe: Cedar-Roasted Char

When Jeff McInnis—the chef at Yardbird Southern Table & Bar in Miami Beach—isn’t cooking, he’s likely fishing. In this recipe, the Florida native combines

The Secret to Finding Great Fishing Spots in the Suburbs

In 2011, my wife and I moved to a new town. It’s not too far from my old home and fishing spots in New Jersey, but the address change gave me a reason to look

Tennessee Angler Catches Record Quillback Carpsucker

So just what is a quillback carpsucker? Beats me, but some dude fishing a bass tournament in Tennessee just caught the new state record. From this story on oa

New Hook Shots: Grande Mexican Largemouth

Ill be the first to admit that of all the freshwater fishing I do, largemouth bass are not the targets as much as smallmouths or trout or crappies. That doesnt

Where to Find Bass Postspawn (and How to Catch Them)

  With bass fever running high in early summer, it would be nice if the fish themselves were schooling and feeding intensively. But done with spawning, bass o

ICAST Report: Paint it Black

I just left a little show-and-tell meeting with Lucky Craft. Theyre coming out with some pretty cool lures this year, which Ill show you later, but what they a

Home Remedy for Itch Relief: Fels-Naptha Laundry Soap

I spent the past week in a cabin in the woods of northern Michigan, and I feel comfortable claiming that I have more insect bites and bumps and plant-caused ra

Scientists Isolate Magnetic Cells in Trout

I ran into Rick Dickson of Freehand Fly Fishing at the industry trade show last year. At that time, his company was hedging their bets that magnets could up yo

How I Fish: An Interview With Ryan Lambert of Cajun Fishing Adventures in Buras, Louisiana

Interview by Mike Toth When people were driven out of Acadia in Canada in the 1700s, they eventually landed in Louisiana. Acadians became Cajuns. They were a