If you’ve spent any time around Midwest or Great Lakes anglers, you know walleye isn’t just a fish — it’s practically a regional identity. Part of that comes down to the dinner table (few freshwater fish eat better), but a lot of it comes down to how walleye behave. These are low-light predators with a…
When shopping for fishing gear, we see a lot of products that seem great but often result in wasted money and time. Wasted time includes fishing line and hooks that get stuck or bent under pressure, nets that rip, and tools that fall apart. Wasted money is when you buy fishing gear that doesn’t last…
Fishing might not be the first thing people think about when they travel to Indiana, but they are making a mistake. Indiana has thousands of streams and rivers, over 1,000 lakes, and even a portion of the Lake Michigan coastline. They even have salmon and walleye. There is so much variety here in Indiana. Monroe…
Texas is in a class of its own for freshwater fishing, and there is a good reason for it. With more than a thousand public lakes and reservoirs, nine major river systems, and a climate that allows for year-round fishing, Texas has more productive days on the water than nearly every other state. If you’re…
The Peach State has a handful of fishing options that most people overlook. Every Georgia river, lake, reservoir, beach and stream has enticing fish, from trout in the north to bass in the middle to redfish and striped bass in the south. Georgia is not only one of the best fishing states in the southeast…
Most freshwater fish spend their whole lives in one body of water. Salmon spend theirs crossing an ocean and back — hatching in a small stream, growing to adulthood at sea, and returning, often to the exact gravel bed where it all started, to spawn and complete the cycle. That journey shapes everything about how…