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The 2025 Toyota ShareLunker season rewrote the record books again thanks to 469 anglers who entered a record 1,071 lunker ...

Explore the off-field interests of Seahawks players that shape Seattle's favorites, beyond the stats and highlights.

Fishing duo Cole & Jay achieve a personal best with stand-up kayak striped bass fishing.

The 2026 Bass Fishing Hall of Fame ballot highlights the many ways anglers, innovators, and trailblazers have shaped the ...

In the forebay, Mesa reported largemouth bass are the top option with soft plastics as striped bass fishing is dominated by undersized fish. Check 12 is extremely popular, and it is crowded most of ...

Finding and catching skinny-water stripers requires unique skills. Learn how to improve your knowledge and tactics. The post Finding and Catching Skinny-Water Striped Bass appeared first on Salt Water ...

The Bassmaster Elite Series kicks off on Guntersville today, and while these top-level bass anglers are battling some pretty frigid temperatures, especially for Alabama, they're also battling a new ...

Following the last couple of weeks where extreme low nighttime temperatures has caused water temps to dip into the low 40s, ...

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Larry and Steve Durden, from Lake County, fished the St. Johns in bitter conditions and won the LaBaw speck tourney for the second straight year.

This winter, I set out to test some of the best Shimano reels available, from spinning reels to baitcasters. The test logistics included many moving parts like target species, reel size, and ...