Fishing

News & Tips: Fishing Knot Library: How to Tie the Albright Special Fishing Knot...
30,544

Fishing Knot Library: How to Tie the Albright Special Fishing Knot

How-to-tie fishing line: Albright Knot Instructions The Albright Knot is one of the most reliable fishing knots for joining lines of greatly unequal diameters or different materials such as…
News & Tips: Hoppers on the Gardner River
1,751

Hoppers on the Gardner River

While almost all the rivers in Yellowstone National Park have excellent hatches of Mayflies, Stoneflies and Caddis flies, one of the most exciting opportunities for fly anglers is fishing the hopper…
News & Tips: Permit Fishing on the Flats
9,593

Permit Fishing on the Flats

Though permit on the flats can be found outside the United States in such places as Roatan, Cuba, parts of the Bahamas, the Caribbean coast of Mexico's Quintana Roo province and certainly Belize, the…
News & Tips: Travel Blog: Island Inn, Sanibel, Florida...
2,679

Travel Blog: Island Inn, Sanibel, Florida

As Captain Ken Collette and I made our way westward across the state, we were stoked to get to Sanibel Island. We'd made plans to fish with Captain Mike Smith for snook. Our plans were made in…
News & Tips: Tying the Egg Sucking Leech
10,608

Tying the Egg Sucking Leech

From Alaska to Arkansas, the Egg Sucking Leech without doubt is one of the top producing streamer flies to ever come out of a vise. As good as the traditional Wooly Bugger has been to fly anglers the…
News & Tips: Pike Swimbait Rigging Tips
11,641

Pike Swimbait Rigging Tips

If you're not casting swimbaits for northern pike you're missing out. Swimbaits are one of the hottest lures on the market right now, and for good reason — they catch a ton of different species. The…
News & Tips: Fishing Weights Buyer's Guide
18,046

Fishing Weights Buyer's Guide

Tungsten Screw-in Worm Weights from Bullet Weights Fishing weights are an important component in any angler's tackle box. Unlike sinkers that are mainly used for bait fishing, weights are primarily…
News & Tips: Seatrout Tactics
16,648

Seatrout Tactics

Seatrout have one or two fang-like teeth that makes them an effective predator. Spotted seatrout, also known as "specks" or "spotsides" along the Gulf States, have a large distribution on the…
News & Tips: Classic Lures: Eppinger Dardevle Spoons...
5,915

Classic Lures: Eppinger Dardevle Spoons

Lou Eppinger was a taxidermist practicing his artistry in Detroit in the late 19tth Century, but work was uneven, so he began selling fishing lures to flesh out his income. He eventually tried…
News & Tips: Fishing the Night Shift
2,114

Fishing the Night Shift

The lake you choose will have a direct impact on your success at night. It can also be a factor in your safety. Pick a lake that you are comfortable with and one that you have fished in the past.…
News & Tips: Keeping a Fishing Log
20,944

Keeping a Fishing Log

We've all had days on the water when the fish refuse to bite no matter what technique or bait we toss their way. Scratching our heads only brings greater discomfort, and we resign ourselves to…
News & Tips: Basics of the Quick Strike Rig
17,048

Basics of the Quick Strike Rig

Fishing with live bait presentations has always been a proven method for catching just about anything that swims, especially walleye, pike and muskie. Unfortunately, with these methods the majority…