Well, the native fish folks are at it again, stirring the pot and doing weird stuff in public. They’re relentless like that—but in a good way. A week ago Friday I joined some of them in fishing for ...

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The first time you get out on the water in the spring is, literally, a breath of fresh air. Warm spring days mean it’s finally time to start fishing! The start of the fishing season typically kicks ...

The question of bowfin vs snakehead isn’t so much a matter of which is better—but of which is which. These long, snake-like fish are easily confused with one another. And that’s a problem, because ...

Jimmy Fee with a bowfin that sucked up a fresh shad chunk. September is a funky month. It’s still kind of summer but also a little bit fall. It’s a transitional time, which means summer patterns for ...

Ben Erb is a lifelong fisherman and Minnesotan who likes catching bass and walleyes just as much as the next guy. But his secret passion is targeting what others might call “rough fish,” hardy but ...

Marshall University undergrad Lauren Noble had just started fishing on March 12 when she got a solid strike on her second cast of the afternoon. The fish put a deep bend in her plug rod and fought ...