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 ...

Rafting the famous New River in western North Carolina for the sporty smallmouth bass. On this edition of the Journal, we raft the famous New River in western North Carolina for the sporty smallmouth ...

Summer means fireworks and fishing. Not necessarily separate, because at times, the fishing can be explosive. Largemouth and smallmouth bass are drawing anglers out of bed every weekend for bass ...

The Juniata River, flanked by trees glowing in neon reds, yellows and greens, flowed low and slow last Wednesday morning, with a light mist rising from the water’s surface. It was the day before ...

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 ...

Summer means fireworks and fishing. Not necessarily separate, because at times the fishing can be explosive. Largemouth and smallmouth bass are drawing anglers out of bed every weekend for bass ...

Summer means fireworks and fishing. Not necessarily separate, because at times the fishing can be explosive. Largemouth and smallmouth bass are drawing anglers out of bed every weekend for bass ...

Of the multitude of species that swim in our local streams and rivers, the common fallfish is the one that gets probably the least amount of ink. You won’t read about “fallfish” tournaments, fallfish ...

(For years, I’ve interviewed top anglers and have noticed many talk more about the little things that make such a big difference, such as proper hook set or netting. This is the third in a series of ...

Paddlers floating the Elk River on summer Saturdays can almost walk downstream from boat to boat and never get wet feet. They may not see another boat during autumn. Labor Day isn't the official start ...