Big game fishing offers more than the thrill of a loud reel and a struggling fish. It involves connecting with the incredible creatures of the ocean, respecting their strength, and helping ensure they ...

A lot of anglers in the Upper Great Lakes Areas covet the muskellunge, calling them the kings of freshwater. But these anglers must not fish for lake sturgeon. Indeed, in Wisconsin, which has dubbed ...

Big baits catch big bass. It's that simple. But knowing when and how to throw these giant lures isn't as cut and dry. There are specific scenarios where bass respond better to larger baits and are ...

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For years, ice anglers were told they had to downsize to catch fish. Fish are cold blooded and their metabolism slows in winter, so we need to use tiny lures to catch these fickle feeders, we thought.

This story, “Big-Game Fishing’s Greatest Catch,” appeared in the April 1984 issue of Outdoor Life. Maxwell’s 1964 tiger shark remains tied for the all-tackle world-record (with a shark caught off the ...

Whether you’ve been fishing a day or a lifetime, we all dream of landing a lunker. Yes, big fish capture every angler’s imagination. But why stop at dreaming? Idaho has many destinations that have ...

The historic 2024 co-emergence of two cicada broods is coming to an end. The Great Northern Illinois Brood, a.k.a. Brood XIII, reached peak emergence nearly two weeks ago, and the number of bugs in ...

Fishing duo Cole and Jay fish for big ones at a raging hydro-dam and get wrecked.

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