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Ice Fishing

Deep Water Crappie

I was greeted with a -11 degree temperatures at a body of water I had previously never seen. The lake could be classified as a basin lake with some other interesting contour/habitat around. I figured […]

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Boat News

SI-TEX Adds Large-Screen Chartplotter/Sounder Series

SI-TEX Marine Electronics has expanded its advanced chartplotter and chartplotter/echosounder line-up with the addition of two new models for 2015. With their advanced features and large, high-resolution color LCD displays, SI-TEX’s new SVS-880 and SVS-1010 […]

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Bass Fishing

Boxborough, Mass. Bass University

New England Fishing and Outdoor Expo – February 7, 2015 – February 8, 2015. Classes are 8:00am to 5:00pm on Saturday and Sunday.  Registration begins at 7:00am. *Speakers subject to change. There are three top […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

The Outdoor Report – Virginia

With the New Year, we are making some significant changes to TOR to benefit you. Beginning with this January 28th edition, the TOR email posted to your laptop, tablet, or smartphone will be much shorter […]

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Fishing Tips

Flurry of Flash and Fury

Contrary to popular belief, predator fish are not always the unwavering marauders anglers make them to be. A brisk barometric crash or climb, intense-fishing-pressure or misjudged moon phase can take their toll on of the […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Against the Tide

A story snip by John Briley from the TRUST: Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing takes millions of tons of fish from the ocean each year, harming the environment—and the livelihoods of legitimate fishermen around the […]

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Bass Fishing

Upside Down Rigging

As bass fisherman all are aware sometimes you just have to be different; your arsenal of tackle seems to all be rendered ineffective and finding away to get a bite has to come with some […]

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Boat News

Humminbird® Introduces ChartSelect™

Anglers can now purchase individual HD lake maps – all with full access to exclusive LakeMaster features. ChartSelect™ is the latest digital cartography product available from Humminbird. With ChartSelect you can now select, purchase, and […]

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Ice Fishing

Catch Suspended Ice Walleyes

Walleyes by nature are prone to prowl the lower reaches of the water column. Bellies to bottom, they stalk rocks, gravel, transition lines and other structural hot zones. Even in the inner sanctum of tangled […]

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Ice Fishing

A Flippin’ Sweet Ice Combo

Big breakthroughs in fishing these days are as rare as a bona fide 3-pound crappie. In many ways, flippin’ for bass—a tactic first exposed when Dee Thomas won the 1975 B.A.S.S. Arkansas Invitational on Bull […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Florida’s Rodman Reservoir At Risk-Again

An improbable partnering among Jacksonville business leaders, city officials and environmentalists in the contentious debate over a project to dredge the St. Johns River offers long-sought benefits for the waterway’s health as well as significant […]

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Walleye Fishing

On Mille Lacs, Who’s Eating who?

Twin Cities Press reported first. No fish species eating dinner in Lake Mille Lacs ordered walleye as more than a side dish last year. That’s one bit of information — preliminary and full of disclaimers […]

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Bass Fishing

OSINSKI LEADS WIRE-TO WIRE, WINS RAYOVAC

Val Osinski of Pompano Beach, Florida, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 25 pounds, 4 ounces Saturday to win the Rayovac FLW Series Southeastern Division event on Lake Okeechobee presented by Power-Pole with a three-day total […]

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Bass Fishing

Four baits for prespawn

A Bassmaster Story Clip by John Crews: Let’s define our terms before we do anything else. When I talk about the prespawn, I’m talking about water temperatures from the mid-40s into the low 50 degree […]

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Ice Fishing

NAIFC TOURNAMENT SERIES – Ice Fishing Tournaments

NAIFC Tournaments are multi-day, premier fishing events. The NAIFC Tournament Series season begins in January and lasts through March, with the NAIFC Tournament Series Championship Invitational held the following December. Each season consists of several […]

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Ice Fishing

TIPS FOR ICE FISHING PONDS

Finding fish through the ice can be difficult but possible.  The most obvious way is to know the water and at what level the fish are holding.  Bluegills and perch are typically near the bottom.  […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Coloring Your Ice Fishing

Ice fishing is most often a white, blue and black world. The intensity of these colors can get a little trying on the eyes. The blue is the clear winter sky, the black is the […]