Riding the Rio Grande, Day Four: Fishing the Canyon

Last fall, Field & Stream Online Editor Nate Matthews and his father, Bruce, spent 15 days fishing the Rio Grande River from its headwaters in Colorado to i

Video Recap: Riding the Upper River

Riding the Rio Grande, Day Five: Crashing and Floating

Last fall, Field & Stream Online Editor Nate Matthews and his father, Bruce, spent 15 days fishing the Rio Grande River from its headwaters in Colorado to i

Riding the Rio Grande, Day Six: Los Alamos Quicksand

Last fall, Field & Stream Online Editor Nate Matthews and his father, Bruce, spent 15 days fishing the Rio Grande River from its headwaters in Colorado to i

Riding the Rio Grande, Days Seven and Eight: Rattlesnake Flats

Last fall, Field & Stream Online Editor Nate Matthews and his father, Bruce, spent 15 days fishing the Rio Grande River from its headwaters in Colorado to i

Riding the Rio Grande, Day Nine: Rapids in the Dark

Last fall, Field & Stream Online Editor Nate Matthews and his father, Bruce, spent 15 days fishing the Rio Grande River from its headwaters in Colorado to i

Catching Fish at the Tree Farms

I found an article from the New York Times this morning about California resident Pete Alexander. He heads up a program for the East Bay Regional Park District

Riding the Rio Grande, Day Ten: Camping with Tarantulas

Last fall, Field & Stream Online Editor Nate Matthews and his father, Bruce, spent 15 days fishing the Rio Grande River from its headwaters in Colorado to i

Fishing Catalogs: The First Signs of Spring

So if it’s early January, can spring fishing be far behind? Actually not, despite what the calendar says. It started arriving in my post office box this morning

Catch Your First Fish of 2011 Yet?

The smallmouth in the photo below was not big or feisty. No, it actually barely pulled the bobber below the surface when it picked up my live shiner. It fought

Keep Your Eye on Rise Fishing Co.

In a recent post, I told you that a 2011 trend would be more direct sales by manufacturers via the Internet. Then I showed how HaberVision is doing that with ey

The Fine Line Between Innovation and Gimmick

Take a look at this lure. The company that makes them just recently came to my attention, and their products are certainly different. Youll notice there are no

Grab A Scalpel, It's Lure Autopsy Time

Of all the fishing websites I frequent, Tackle Tour is easily one of my favorites. If youre not familiar with this site, the fellas that run it do nothing but t

Show Us Your Old Tackle, Win Some New Pliers

by Joe Cermele If you happened to catch last Monday’s episode of “American Pickers,” you probably noticed that hosts Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz paid no mind to

Bassmaster Classic: Do You Care Who Wins?

I do. Ive had the good fortune to fish with many of the bass boys in the past few years, and believe it or not, a lot of them share an affinity for the long r

End Your Fishing Day With Early 19th Century Beer

As a few of you pointed out on yesterdays blog about an ice fishing duo that caught a scuba diver, all is well that ends in free beer. Now imagine if that beer

Vintage Tackle Contest: The Mumford Bait Tin

In case you missed the announcment last week, this is the first installment of our new weekly vintage tackle contest. To recap, you send me old tackle photos, a

Watch Out for Fish with Pet Names

  Back in college, I spent one spring break in Aruba and took a rod along. One morning I got up early to fish a little park connected to the resort. I spen

VanDam and Louisiana Delta Win Big at Bassmaster Classic

 A guest post by Field & Stream Editor Anthony Licata  The Bassmaster Classic on the Louisiana Delta is over, and there were two big winners. &nb

Those Pet Fish We've Caught Multiple Times

The monster bass in this photo was recently caught by Sean Swank in Texas Caddo Lake. The fish weighed in at 16.07-pounds. But it wasnt the size that led to thi