Do this one thing, and you will increase your catch rate by getting your fly in front of more fish. I've written about this before, but it is worth repeating. If you're not comfortable fishing with a ...

Fish will hold near the bottom of the deeper pools and runs where the flow is slowed by the bottom of the river as well as in ...

Coho salmon and smallmouth bass action on the lakefront and the general spread of spring action inland around Chicago fishing ...

Lakefront coho and Illinois' inland trout opening on Saturday lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

You may not be able to explain it. But you feel it. And you’ll need the best smallmouth bass lures to chase it. Whether you fish rivers like the Snake, Potomac, John Day, New, Niagara ...

Cinder worms spawn annually on the surface and are a highly desirable food source for striped bass in the spring. Saltwater fly anglers wait anxiously for the event to start each year as that the ...

most of Pennsylvania’s fly-fishers dreamt about big trout devouring their favorite flies. Many popular nymphs, streamers, egg patterns, worm patterns and dry flies were purchased or tied during the ...

Grandpa whistled softly as I laid the big fish in the bottom of the boat. It wasn’t a catfish; it was a giant smallmouth bass, somewhere between six and seven pounds. Everyone around knew of this ...

Spotted bass inhabit flowing streams in eastern Oklahoma and are more tolerant of slow, warm, turbid water than smallmouth. In lakes, spotted bass are found in deeper water. They prefer rocky bottom ...

Over the years, I’ve experimented with tons of the best bass flies, but these 20 have found a permanent home in my arsenal. Some come out to play more often than others, but they have each proved ...

Illinois River upstream from Horseshoe Bend boat ramp, Barren Fork Creek and Flint Creek; black bass (largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted): six combined per day, only one of which may be a smallmouth ...