Hook Shots

Fishing road trips with a punk-rock soundtrack, Field & Stream’s “Hook Shots” captures the culture of fishing from around the world.

Hook Shots: Go Go Team Snakehead (Chapter 1)

No matter how you feel about snakeheads, one cannot deny that the cult of anglers that targets them for sport grows annually. Many of them—including Hook Shots host Joe Cermele—are downright obsessed with chasing snakeheads, and even anglers formally on the anti side are coming around. In part one of this two-part episode, Cermele teams up fellow snakehead hunters in two Virginia locations to help paint a clearer picture of what makes them tick. Hint: It's the killer topwater smashes.

Hook Shots: Lowdown Lehigh River Browns
May 23, 2019
Hook Shots: Texas Seatrout Throwdown
April 22, 2019
Hook Shots: A New Bass Fly Fishery In Old Mexico
March 11, 2019
Hook Shots: Downtown D.C. Blue Cats
By Joe CermeleNovember 19, 2018

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Playlist: Epic Fly Action

From wily muskies to meat-eating brown trout, these are our most memorable long-rod quests. (Check out the latest here)

Playlist: Urban Assaults

Sometimes the best fishing is found in the middle of the concrete jungle. (Check out the latest here)

Playlist: True Beasts

Many fish are big. Others are so massive that you'll never forget the hookup, fight, and first glimpse of the trophy. (Check out the latest here)

Playlist: Around the Great Lakes

From the Tributaries to the open water, winter spring summer and fall, here's the best of the best from the Great Lakes shoreline. (Check out the latest here)

All Episodes

Hook Shots: A New Bass Fly Fishery In Old Mexico
Lake Picachos is a relative newcomer on the Mexican bass scene. A sister lake to renowned El Salto, Picachos has only been stocked for ten years, yet the reproduction rate of the fish has been staggering. Chocked full of Florida-strain largemouths and shallower than other area lakes, Picachos is a fly angler's dream where you can expect big numbers and plenty of fish in the 3- to 6-pound range. Host Joe Cermele and photographer Tim Romano camp out at Anglers Inn along Picachos' shore to escape the February cold and see just how big a hurt they can put on this new fishery.
Hook Shots: Downtown D.C. Blue Cats
By Joe Cermele
Want to feel patriotic? Try battling a trophy blue catfish in the shadow of the Washington Monument
Hook Shots: Louisiana Offshore Odyssey
A score to settle with a swordfish and an addiction to topwater tuna action takes the HS crew to Venice, Louisiana, for a bluewater brawl in the low country.
Hook Shots: For The Love Of Chain Pickerel
By Joe Cermele
Chain pickerel might take a back seat to their pike and muskie cousins, but they're a light-tackle gem in their own rite.
Hook Shots: Operation Iowa Brown Trout
By Joe Cermele
The Driftless area of northeast Iowa might not get as much attention as other trout locales, but this sleeper is rife with wild browns.
Hook Shots: The Cape Cod Largemouth Saga
By Joe Cermele
Cape Cod might be one of the saltiest places in the country, but its largemouths are one of its best-kept secrets.
Hook Shots: Icing Ohio Walleyes
By Joe Cermele
The island of Put-In-Bay in Ohio might be pretty desolate in the winter, but a huge biomass of walleyes call it home this time of year, and they'll smash jigs all day long.
Hook Shots: Pensacola Bull Redfish Blitz
By Joe Cermele
When giant bull redfish invade Pensacola Bay in fall, the topwater bite can go from zero to epic in a flash.