you want to be focused regardless of what you’re fishing for and how you’re fishing for it, but pike are less forgiving, especially when they eat at the surface. A striper or largemouth or ...

Part of the reason I haven’t caught more is simply because I have fishing A.D.D.; I’m so into ... cousins the chain pickerel and northern pike, even small, young muskies simply don’t feed ...

Lake Superior anglers have been grinding out the smallmouth and pike bite in Chequamegon Bay. Ashland and Washburn have been ...

The casual observer might gaze across a lake and imagine great populations of fish swimming as far as the eye can see. We anglers know all too well that simply isn’t reality. Experts tell us 90% of ...

There are plenty of opportunities for angling “treats” in area waterways as mild weather continues to enable anglers to get on our Great Lakes.

As I slide my solo canoe into Lake Mitchell, the far shore is lit up, bathed in a golden hue, the last burst of brightness ...

You’ll have an excellent chance of ending your season on a positive note. As always, good luck on the water, and remember to ...

Dale Bowman Share Fall trout season in Illinois opening Saturday ... as much targeted as being caught by anglers fishing for Musky. Nice fat Pike of 28-34” on suckers, twitchbaits and gliders.

Bednar’s long-term vision includes splitting time between South Carolina and Colorado. It’s the best of both worlds for him.

Finding hints of perch and getting itchy for ice fishing lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report. Sam Eble emailed the photo at the top two weeks ago, then I screwed up and lost track of ...

The pike was estimated to weigh about 15 pounds ... of the Woods during the opening weekend of the 2021 Minnesota fishing season. Charlie Stoffel, 10, of Grand Forks, caught and kept this 27½ ...

which he plans to use as both bood for himself and as bait for fishing. The latter strategy pays off, and he pulls in a 25-inch pike. Sarah, 48, is one of just two women competing in this season ...