Illinois is often overlooked as a fishing destination. What’s surprising is how much the Prairie State has to offer. Illinois has access to all Great Lakes, more than 1.5 million acres of water and almost 87,000 miles of rivers and streams. Regardless of where you fish, from the Mississippi River to the Great Lakes, catfish…
Roughly 600 miles of fishable water can be found in Arkansas. From cypress-lined oxbow lakes in the southeast to clear Ozark lakes and the Mississippi River, Arkansas has a wide variety of fishing environments, making it an incredible fishing state. Lake Ouachita is located completely inside Ouachita National Forest and is different from many Arkansas…
If you’re an avid angler, Michigan’s fishing statistics might tempt you to plan your next big fishing trip. With more than 11,000 inland lakes, 3,000 rivers and streams, more than 3,000 miles of coast along the Great Lakes, and access to four of the five Great Lakes, nearly half of Michigan is comprised of water….
Alabama deserves more recognition in national fishing discussions, which is frustrating for anglers that have fished here, and it’s easy to see why. The state has some of the best freshwater fishing opportunities in the South, and Lake Guntersville is more than enough reason to put Alabama on any angler’s bucket list. Weiss Lake is…
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…
The right bait can create a legendary fishing tale while the wrong bait will just sit unused in a tackle box. Most tackle boxes are filled with baits that go ignored. This list contains proven fishing baits and lures that will actually catch fish, ranked based on their sales data and reflecting the choices anglers…