Wisconsin angler Vairin Meesouk was casting from shore on Madison’s Lake Mendota the morning of April 22 when he hooked a heavy panfish. Soon he had a good-size striped fish on the bank. “He’d already ...

CLEAR LAKE — It's happening again. Marauding schools of scrappy yellow bass are stealing the show at Clear Lake. For the past four or five seasons this fast hitting, hard fighting, good eating panfish ...

, spotted, and even some smallmouth bass become susceptible to these chunks of metal as fish move offshore and look for a reprieve in cooler, deeper waters. Here, schools of bass will group up on ...

If you asked the average American angler to name all the different types of bass, a handful of species would roll off the tongue, starting with largemouths and smallmouths, then probably stripers, and ...

A rare metallic gold bass caught in Florida’s Lake Tarpon has a condition known as xanthism, state marine biologists say. FWC photo Strange things are often caught in Florida’s lakes, but even state ...

According to a 2023 report from the American Sportfishing Association, there are 52.4 million recreational fishermen and fisherwomen in the United States. The sportfishing industry provides $148 ...

The Midwest falls right in the middle of the most scenic and productive fishing spots for any state in the US. The state has plenty of lakes, rivers and reservoirs in which anglers of all skill levels ...

Don’t tell my bass club mentors, my editors or my colleagues on the Board of Directors of the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame, but I’ve been cheating on my first love for five years, and I don’t intend to ...