Everybody wants to catch big bass. Visions of giant largemouths smashing topwaters and brute smallies peeling line are what keep us all up at night—and what get us out of bed at 4 am to be the first ...
Welcome to the Texas coast, where, among other things, brave men and women are crazy about catching big fish from little boats. A growing number of the state's most adventurous anglers are teaching ...
Every angler wants to catch big fish. Not just big, but the biggest ever, a personal best. Where to catch big fish and how to catch them is not magic. Rather, it's all about the food. You need to be ...
For years, ice anglers were told they had to downsize to catch fish. Fish are cold blooded and their metabolism slows in winter, so we need to use tiny lures to catch these fickle feeders, we thought.
I believe in using big baits to catch big fish. In the past I have cited optimal foraging theory as one reason fish will select for large prey if that prey is available. To survive, fish must take in ...
I’ll fess up. Nothing is more blood-pressure raising to me than pinning a big trout on an itty-bitty dry fly. Scoring the take is the fun part, no doubt, but whenever I’m trying to feed a hefty brown ...
Editor's Note: This story was updated to correctly identify the fishing boat and accurately reflect the most current information regarding the fish's official weight. Pensacola angler David Shepard ...
Every angler out there has a special place in their heart for a certain species, and if you grew up in the Northeast or Midwest, it’s likely to be the yellow perch. These hardy little fish are ...
Pensacola angler David Shepard experienced the catch of a lifetime on Tuesday evening, reeling in a 107-inch bluefin tuna weighing in at 721 pounds. The fish is only a few inches short of Florida’s ...