Chain pickerel are a nuisance. At least that’s how a lot of bass anglers think of them. Throughout their huge range, pickerel share many of the same waters as largemouth and smallmouth bass and are ...

Although the traditional trout season is closed, anglers can take advantage of productive fall fishing opportunities for ...

In the hierarchy of Esox, the chain pickerel sits squarely at the bottom both literally and figuratively. Compared to their big cousins, the pike and muskie, they don’t get much love despite being ...

I had only made a few casts with my trusty Mepps spinner when the lure stopped dead in it’s tracks. As if it might have been snagged on a log, except the log began to move. I was ready — I had ...

Well, it looks like we just endured a genuine blast of real winter weather. That is, enough to put a few inches of “unsafe ice” on our central Maryland lakes and ponds. Shucks, I was hoping for some ...

Don’t look at the calendar now, but these mid-January days are the times that can try the souls of a North Texas resident who likes to hunt and fish. Deer season just ended, the local ducks are ...

REEDSVILLE, W.Va. — Matt Born could be described as a “tinker.” He likes to take things apart and see what makes them tick. He also thinks this enables him to make some things better. Most of the ...

John Byrd Jr. holds up the rare blue-mouthed fish. John Byrd Jr., of Bowling Green, Virginia has been fishing the same private farm pond for decades, but he’s never caught a fish quite like the one he ...