Well, the native fish folks are at it again, stirring the pot and doing weird stuff in public. They’re relentless like that—but in a good way. A week ago Friday I joined some of them in fishing for ...

Ben Erb is a lifelong fisherman and Minnesotan who likes catching bass and walleyes just as much as the next guy. But his secret passion is targeting what others might call “rough fish,” hardy but ...

THREE RIVERS AREA — “Cast to those bushes,” I said to Larry Stark one hot afternoon on an Arkansas oxbow lake. He did as I suggested and retrieved his lure across the bottom. The plastic worm moved ...

One reason why we love living in the Lowcountry is the wide variety of fish species that call this area home. A native species that doesn’t always seem to get the respect it deserves is the bowfin ...

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Jimmy Fee with a bowfin that sucked up a fresh shad chunk. September is a funky month. It’s still kind of summer but also a little bit fall. It’s a transitional time, which means summer patterns for ...

Southeast Texas sloughs, oxbows, bayous and rivers can fairly vibrate with a primeval energy that either fascinates or intimidates human visitors to swamps. On a fishing trip earlier this month to one ...

Will Pellerin caught two record size fish in 2022, according to the MassWildlife freshwater catch and release records. He caught a 32-inch Bowfin in the Connecticut River in Northampton. This fish ...

Readers may recall that in my August 6 column I reported that the then existing state record for the bowfin fish was broken and a new record was established. The fish which was caught by 16-year old ...

Hello folks, this week we are back on the shores of southern Ontario where we are geared up to fish for bowfin and channel catfish! We land two huge channel catfish and even a bonus pike. And we even ...