ODU Magazine’s “Fishing News” Fresh is our number one category. Covering everything from national and regional topics that affect our pass time, to new tackle, rods and reels. We share news here from ASA, IFGA, and several other groups. But, ODU touches on other fresh water fishing topics here as well.
Don’t eat candy for dinner? Don’t tell that to fish following and about to bite a Blue Fox® Classic Vibrax® in a new Candyback color combination. Blue Fox’s new Candyback Vibrax baits combine three complementary […]
The Penobscot River is New England’s second largest river, draining nearly one-third of the State of Maine with a watershed area of 8,570 square miles. The Penobscot River is used as a spawning or nursery […]
In a relatively obscure pocket of Big Swamp, in Robeson County, 12-year-old Elijah Crabtree set a newly established freshwater fish state record on June 25. Elijah, the son of Kevin and Amanda Crabtree of Bladenboro, […]
The Clam Rattlin’ Blade Spoon is the loudest rattle spoon on the market. Listen to pro Rick Darling provide some useful tips when fishing a rattling spoon. Russ Lane talks about making the switch to […]
Check out the most recent world record catches, including a Papuan black snapper from Papua New Guinea, a narrowbarred mackerel from Australia, a Pacific snook from Panama, and a pink salmon from Alaska, USA. […]
As this edition of ODU Magazine hits your email boxes or you find it posted on the internet, the sportfishing industry has just finished its annual pilgrimage to the ICAST Show. Every year when writers […]
Today, NOAA released its final Ocean Noise Strategy Roadmap, which will guide the agency in more effectively and comprehensively managing ocean noise effects on marine life during the next decade. Sound is critical for the […]
As someone who is asked to speak to various groups about my personal story, I like to take the opportunity to turn what would otherwise be a story about my going blind three times, into […]
Starting this month and once per month going forward ODU will release a newsletter recapping several of the top stories we had on the website. This emailer will not turn into a SPAM style mailing. […]
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Jason Mitchell joins Rick Darling to catch big walleye from shore on North Dakota’s Devils Lake. Chest waders are used to catch several big pre-spawn walleye by pitching 1/4 ounce jigs tipped with a Kalins […]
This Report is brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism with additional sponsorship from Wiegel Brothers Marine and Gamma Fishing Line. We answer the question “What’s biting in the lakes, streams and rivers […]
The Sebile® Magic Swimmer™ and Magic Swimmer Soft are two of Sebile’s most renowned lures. The baits have been reintroduced for the 2017 fishing season with enhanced features like refined colors and added body detailing. […]
This edition of ODU Magazine has a very special feature that each year becomes our most read section and shared magazine …. our “Top 25 Products of ICAST”. This year we hope we did not […]
Fresh off a whirlwind introduction at ICAST 2016, including a Best-in-Show performance in the New Product Showcase, Trapper Tackle reveals details about its ultra-versatile Dropshot/Live Bait/Finesse Trapper Hook. With applications that are as broad and […]
The Department of Natural Resources has confirmed five new reports of zebra mussels in central Minnesota lakes. Infested waters signs have been posted at DNR accesses on West Battle Lake and Otter Tail Lake in […]
A Tribute of slides and footage to the lives lost September 11 2001. Music: Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) by Alan Jackson. Sorry for the occasional repetitive slide, wasn’t paying enough attention […]
The ConnectScale is the most innovative solution to weighing and tracking catch data from fishing trips ever created. You catch it, you weigh it, the app logs it. Using Bluetooth® low energy technology the ConnectScale […]
Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection has proposed listing four miles of the 400-mile Susquehanna River as impaired for recreation. But though the river’s smallmouth bass have shown signs of illness and the populations have declined, […]
When the bottom’s almost as likely to grab your bait as a gamefish, a light, slow-falling, lipless crankbait will likely get more bites and less hang up. That’s why Tony Roach has been throwing the […]
Time goes by faster every year. We had an early ice-out this year, but the weather stayed cool and the water didn’t warm up as quickly as we thought it would. But for the most […]
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced today that Amelia Whalen of Witherbee caught a record breaking freshwater drum from Lake Champlain in Essex County on June 4, 2016. The […]
New record applications have recently been submitted for this beautiful shortraker rockfish, an albacore on light tackle, and a big Chinook salmon on fly. Utoft’s Shortraker Rockfish Angler David Utoft caught this massive 18.6 kg […]
An ecological experiment that employed beavers to restore streams in Central Oregon found that the streams produced nearly twice as many juvenile steelhead within a few years after the beavers went to work. While beavers’ […]
The large, South American tropical fish were probably illegally dumped in the Great Lakes by pet-owners who no longer wanted to keep them in aquariums. Three large vegetarian piranhas with human-like teeth have been discovered […]
For more than four decades, Shane Titus has been helping create fish habitats in the Allegheny Reservoir — one Christmas tree at a time. This year, Titus, the Seneca Nation of Indians fisheries manager for […]
First reported by mlive.com. As the Great Lakes swimming season starts, the data is in. Each Great Lake has unique shorelines and dangers, but Lake Michigan stands alone as the deadliest Great Lake. The biggest […]
This muskie might have been a world record— or very close to it. But we’ll never know. The anglers who caught it, Canadians Tom and Tim Berger, photographed, quickly measured it, and released it into […]
Great fishing is where you find it. Sometimes, it’s waiting right at the end of the dock. Other times, it’s the reward at the end of a lengthy journey by foot, bike, kayak or dugout […]
It’s a toothy giant that can grow longer than a horse and heavier than a refrigerator, a fearsome-looking prehistoric fish that plied U.S. waters from the Gulf of Mexico to Illinois until it disappeared from […]
Potential new world record applications have recently been submitted for this huge southern bluefin tuna from Tasmania, a gorgeous golden dorado from Bolivia, a swordfish from Australia, and a trahira from Brazil. Hammersley’s Southern Bluefin […]
Millions of flying insects have taken over Gimli, Man., with storefronts, signs and sidewalks covered with clinging critters that locals call “fish flies.” “I’ve never seen such a thing,” Gibby Finnbogason said. The Gimli park patrol supervisor says fish flies appear […]
Tackle Warehouse discusses the new LIVETARGET Pinfish Swimbaits with Stephen Browning & David Walker at the 2016 ICAST Show in Orlando.
New hunting and angling opportunities on national wildlife refuges provide increased public access for sportsmen during a time when access is shrinking, said Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, commending a decision by the U.S. Fish and […]
Maryland is stepping up the fight against ecosystem-altering nonnative plants by banning the sale of three aggressively spreading ornamentals and requiring that warnings be posted next to retail displays of five others sold in garden […]
ICAST has the reputation for being the world’s largest sportfishing industry trade show and this year is no exception. In fact, with 15,000 people in attendance, 2016 has proved to be the largest trade show […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports Austin Campbell of Harrisonville became the most recent record-breaking angler in Missouri when he hooked a white crappie in a Cass County irrigation pond on a trotline. The […]
Fish come in all colors, whether predator or prey. But no matter the shade of their skin, there’s a common hue that always shines through; whether they live in freshwater or salt. It’s a pigment […]
The largest of Iowa’s Great Lakes, Big Spirit Lake got its name, according to legend, from an evil spirit that inhabited its waters. Featuring nearly 5,700 surface acres that can get awfully gnarly when the […]
The brochure for the town of Pagosa Springs states that the best fishing in the area is located in the mile and a half stretch of the San Juan River that goes right through the […]
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A vote today by House of Representatives members to advance legislation that would enable the seizure of public lands is being strongly criticized by public lands sportsmen, who called the bills an affront to America’s […]
Rapala Commemorates 80th Anniversary with new Brand Film – Rapala released “The Search,” a brand vignette, today in honor of its 80th Anniversary. Inspired by the passion that drives every fisherman or woman, it tells […]
Evolution can be quite handy, literally. The front paws, fins, feet or the equivalent for each of the Chesapeake creatures below are adapted to meet its needs. Can you match the animal to the description […]
A close encounter with a sea lamprey might seem like the stuff of nightmares. Long, eel-like critters with a set of sharp teeth, lampreys look and act like Stephen King’s version of a leech. They […]
We are right in the middle of National Fishing and Boating Week and just wanted to remind you of the many opportunities at your national wildlife refuges. Great fishing is available on more than 270 […]
A Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) caught in Erie’s Presque Isle Bay has been named by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) as the new state record for the species. Brian Clark, of Edinboro, Erie […]
There is no question that the passage of the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) has been the most controversial environmental issue California’s angling community has ever faced. It signaled the state’s shift from a shared […]
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Bass anglers understand the importance of sharp hooks, though most don’t practice their hook sharpening skills often enough. The new Berkley® Fusion19™ hooks give novice and avid anglers the sharpest hooks that stay sharper longer […]
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