Want to start tying flies? Here's everything you need to know from the best tools to proper tying technique. Plus a few basic patterns to learn first

Follow these simple steps to keep plenty of these amazingly effective and underutilized baits on hand

For the author, the best fishing companion he's ever had is his mother. And she's not even an angler

Three ways to determine if a guide or lodge is worthy of your money

As a kid, the author was just coming into his own as a bass angler. Then his mom used some tough love to teach him a valuable lesson.

Blas Lara landed the oversized yellow perch during a late-April fishing derby

Bass move in shallow during the bream spawn to feed on panfish. Here's how to locate beds and what baits to throw to capitalize on aggressive bucketmouths

There's nothing like a perfect spring day when you tag a turkey. It's important that you make the most of it

Gar enthusiast Art Weston added another record to his IGFA tally in the same spot he caught the all-tackle world-record for alligator gar last year

Even with female hunters on the rise, it can be rare to a see woman hunting on her own. The author is trying to change that for her girls

All through the middle of the country, the spawn in on. Our pro picked this Friday as the day you need to be on the water. Here are his secrets

When you’re trying to get on your future mother-in-law's good side, slapping her with a catfish tail—even if it's an accident—is not the smartest move

This is your one-stop guide to the historic 2024 cicada hatch. Get ready for clouds of bugs and aggressive topwater action on a variety of freshwater species

Darren Reitz recently reeled in a record-breaking 142-pound Wels catfish