Almost every angler’s first fish story involves a bluegill, a bobber, and a worm — and there’s nothing wrong with that. But write bluegill off as “just a kid’s fish” and you’ll miss out on genuine slab fisheries where these scrappy panfish push past a pound and put a serious bend in ultralight gear. For…
Ask ten anglers what species hooked them on fishing, and a solid majority will mention largemouth bass. It’s the fish on bass boat decals, the centerpiece of Bassmaster coverage, and for many people, the first fish they ever caught off a dock with a worm and bobber. There’s a reason it dominates American freshwater fishing…
Not talking about fishing in West Virginia when discussing excellent fishing states is a mistake. The Mountain State has incredible fishing opportunities that deserve far more attention. Trophy smallmouth bass in the New River, record-setting catfish from the Kanawha, the state record muskie from Stonecoal Lake at 52.7 inches, wild brook trout in the mountain…
Nobody signed up for this. Plastic quietly worked its way into how food gets grown, packaged, and stored over the last few decades, and most people never got a heads up. Microplastics are fragments under 5 millimeters, often much smaller, that break off from larger plastics, shed from packaging, or drift in from soil, water,…
Most freshwater anglers can name their personal-best bass down to the ounce. Ask about their biggest catfish, and the number often gets a lot bigger — and a lot vaguer, usually followed by a story about a rod nearly going into the river. Catfish produce some of the heaviest freshwater fish caught in North America,…
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