When I arrived back in the Midwest, the warmer than usual late-summer weather was replaced by a cold front that sunk air and water temperatures downward on the Fahrenheit scale. Refusing to be ...

Stalking smallmouth bass in creeks and small rivers is a top summertime angling opportunity. Trout are great. Bass are, too. Bluegills, catfish and even carp, are fun to catch. But in my opinion, ...

Bass anglers love bass, right? But exactly what do you picture when you dream about that personal best bass? Is it green or bronze? Are you fishing in a jungle of dense weeds and cypress trees or ...

Biologists ask for changes in slot limit regulations as a proactive measure against invasive Alabama bass which have been detected upstream in Virginia.

Stalking smallmouth bass in creeks and small rivers is a top summertime angling opportunity. Trout are great. Bass are, too. Bluegills, catfish and even carp are fun to catch. But in my opinion, ...

There’s a reason former Field & Stream Fishing Editor, A.J. McClane called the river smallmouth “the greatest freshwater gamefish of all.” If you’ve come under this fish’s spell in its river ...

Most anglers will tell you the salmon is king in the Pacific Northwest. The bright red meat, especially from a spring chinook salmon, is high on the list of the best-eating fish around. Other anglers, ...

The Algonquin name for the smallmouth bass is Achigan, or "one which fights." The name fits. The smallmouth is a fish with anger issues. When a smallie hits a topwater plug, there seems to be an extra ...

Anglers catching smallmouth bass may sometimes notice something different about the fish they're admiring. Its colors appear a little different. Could be that fish is a meanmouth bass. A meanmouth is ...