Are you ready for some football? That’s the war cry heard across much of the country throughout the fall, and the uninitiated think it refers to a sporting event involving a pigskin. The truly savvy ...

Summer can be cruel to a devout trout fisherman. I found that out during the relentless drought of 2016. By July, flows on the Farmington River—my home water in Connecticut—were reduced to a pathetic ...

GILES COUNTY, Va. – The New River in Giles County is scenic and, as it turns out, is full of fish. Chris Thompson invited me to go fishing with a promise we would have a better-than-average chance of ...

When most people think of topwater smallmouth takes, they envision something violent: A slashing blow and shot of whitewater spraying into the air. Hits like that get the blood pumping for sure, but I ...

OGDENSBURG, N.Y. – New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar has announced that a new state record for smallmouth bass was set on Sept. 22. Using a soft ...

Late last summer, Britt Stoudenmire was enjoying the best New River smallmouth bass fishing that he’d experienced in nearly a decade. And that could be just the beginning. "We have had roughly seven ...

Kings River isn't the stream it used to be, some anglers and floaters say. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission agrees. Over the years, floods have eaten away at shorelines that are devoid of ...

This creek fishing mission targets smallmouth bass in tight water, showing light tackle techniques and the excitement of ...

The many miles of the nearby Allegheny River provide some of the best smallmouth bass fishing in the region. The cooling waters of late summer and early fall typically kick the action into a higher ...

FAYETTEVILLE ,W.Va. – Although Hurricane Helene put a two week damper on the New River’s fall fishing, it didn’t take long for the old girl to begin yielding her bounty again to West Virginia anglers.