Park Falls, WI (October 17, 2013) - Some tournament goers may have never given Tommy Skarlis a second glance during takeoff on day one of the 2013 Crappie Master National Championship - held…
No series on classic fishing lures that have stood the test of time could be complete without including the plastic worm. Although a patent had actually been secured for a rubber artificial worm as…
I'd covered a lot of real estate hunting whitetails over the years, and no question, I was now studying the biggest buck I'd ever seen. He was a giant, with a wide, extremely heavy 10-point rack. His…
Jigs are renowned for their fish catching abilities. And if I was to hazard a guess, no other lure garners more water time than these weighted bait systems throughout the course of a season.
For…
Fishermen have long been dazzled by the incredible beauty of the slender silver, black and yellow bodies of snook. Their sporting qualities have been argued by the best anglers on earth, thus their…
Websites and magazines often publish lists of the world's toughest or most dangerous game fish. But this is the first time anyone created a list of the world's meanest and ugliest fish.
You won't…
The Asian carp invasion has swept over the United States like the Biblical plaque of locusts. In a mere 30 years the invasive species has spread from a few individuals in an Arkansas pond to millions…
By Kelly Durbin
For many, Theodore Roosevelt is best known as the 26th President of the United States. For outdoorsmen, hunters, and defenders of the wild, his most important contribution was the…
Most people who tie flies spend an awful lot of time visiting their local fly shops or pouring over catalogues in search of material. For the most part, I'm no different.
But come autumn, I also try…
In the South, some tornadoes are to be feared; others are to be welcomed.
This tornado was in the latter category. It was a cyclone of ducks — a vortex of rushing noise and wind. There were 500 or…
As the temperatures slowly begin to drop across the country, something happens to the bass. Many of the fish that were previously deep offshore on structure begin to make their annual migration back…
Hunters, while it's a mistake to become obsessed with what a deer's antlers would score, there are many valid reasons to be interested in this measurement of the rack an animal carries. For one thing…
