If You Can Count Them, You Don’t Have Enough
Dan Basore and his fishing lures. STORY BY LEW FREEDMAN They find him. Or he finds them. If fishing lures are being transacted, if fishing lures are being debated, if fishing lures are being written about...
The Trick To Tarpon | Fly Fishing for Tarpon
Catching a Silver King on the Fly As you drive down U.S. Highway 1 in Florida and cruise over the turtle-green bays and into the saltwater fishing capital of the world, Islamorada, there’s a pier-side...
Vamos a Pescar | Fishing with a Hispanic View
Fishing with a Hispanic View Fishing is fishing, no matter where you are, what religion you believe in, your race, your age, or what political party you vote for. It is an experience more than...
Born to Be Wild | Deadliest Catch’s “Wild Bill”
Deadliest Catch’s “Wild Bill” and His Crew Challenge the Bering Sea PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL It’s easy to pick out which captain on the Discovery TV series Deadliest Catch is called “Wild Bill.” He’s...
Like Father, Like Son
How Wayne Bisbee Helped to Grow the World’s Richest Sportfishing Tournament PHOTOS BY JOHN J. RADZWILLA For a guy whose main job is running the richest sportfishing tournament in the world, R. Wayne Bisbee sure has a lot...
Bank Fishing The Legend of Bill Dance
Learning to Bank Fish From The Man In The Tennessee Cap Merriam-Webster’s definition of a fisherman is one who engages in fishing as an occupation or for pleasure. If their definition also included an example of a...
The Thrill of the ‘Gill
The Thrill of Bluegill Fishing Last year I got a call from my buddy Joel who has a place near Texas’ legendary Lake Fork. He invited me to go fishing, and me, being the bass...
The Lunker List: Fishing Gear You Should Buy this Spring
Fishing Gear To Take a Look at This Spring We scoured the 2019 ICAST show for you, and with the help of the experts at Bass Pro Shops, rounded up these must-haves for your shopping list. Spring has sprung and many of us are again hitting the...
Old School vs. New School | Jimmy Houston vs. Kevin Van Dam
Jimmy Houston vs. Kevin Van Dam Unlike the art of fly fishing revered for its simplicity for use of the long rod and nymph to pursue quarry, the high-tech fast-paced world of largemouth bass...
Fly Fishing…The Next Big Thing?
Fly fishing is back—and bigger than ever. “It’s gonna happen sooner or later—you’ll hook yourself or you’ll hook a friend, so pinch down your barbs.” I’m knee-deep in the Battenkill River when I remember that advice from instructor Jackie Kutzer, one of three anglers...
