The first time I fished the lower Madison River, I felt small. I was 18 years old and had never been out West—and though I’d grown up trout fishing on the East Coast, I had never done so on a river ...

For years, ice anglers were told they had to downsize to catch fish. Fish are cold blooded and their metabolism slows in winter, so we need to use tiny lures to catch these fickle feeders, we thought.

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The annual John McClatchy “Big Fish” Memorial Fishing Derby at Magic Reservoir—typically held the third weekend of June—has ...

Online registration opened Sunday for this year’s town of Massena Big Bass Blowout, and there’s more money awaiting anglers. The event, now in its 10th year, is scheduled for Aug. 8 and 9 at the ...

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (WNCT) — The annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Fishing Tournament continues to grow every year with people coming from all over to enter and watch the competition. 272 boats are fishing ...

Everybody wants to catch big bass. Visions of giant largemouths smashing topwaters and brute smallies peeling line are what keep us all up at night—and what get us out of bed at 4 am to be the first ...

BIG HILL LAKE — It's a place where oaks and hickories grow dense and tall amid rolling, rock-rimmed hills. The water is so clear you can almost read the mind of a big smallmouth bass resting in a yard ...