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. At some point in the last few decades, while the world was wrapping everything in plastic for convenience, microplastics started showing up in things we eat every day – and most people have no idea. Microplastics are fragments smaller than 5 millimeters, often far smaller, that come from the breakdown…
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,…
Idaho is a destination for serious fishers. The Gem State boasts blue ribbon trout streams, steelhead rivers that draw fly fishermen from across the country, enormous clear mountain lakes, and a variety of fishing that is hard to match anywhere in the inland west. Henry’s Fork is considered by many to be the greatest trout…
Everyone’s talking about gut health. Probiotics, prebiotics, microbiome this, leaky gut that. Most of it is marketing. Some of it is real, peer-reviewed science with human trial data behind it. This list is only the second kind. Every food on this list has at least one published reference behind the claim being made about it…