GILES COUNTY, Va. – The New River in Giles County is scenic and, as it turns out, is full of fish. Chris Thompson invited me to go fishing with a promise we would have a better-than-average chance of ...

I'm here with Antonio today, and we're out on the Niagara River. We're going to spend a little bit of time, only an hour, running live bait on a T-Turn bait rig. The water is about 15 feet deep here ...

Late last summer, Britt Stoudenmire was enjoying the best New River smallmouth bass fishing that he’d experienced in nearly a decade. And that could be just the beginning. "We have had roughly seven ...

The day started with clear expectations and familiar water. Casting for smallmouth bass on the Potomac quickly became a test of adjustment. Conditions shifted and patterns didn’t hold. The river ...

When most people think of topwater smallmouth takes, they envision something violent: A slashing blow and shot of whitewater spraying into the air. Hits like that get the blood pumping for sure, but I ...

VERGENNES TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Setting their probes to stun, the wader-wearing team pushed upstream, leaving a trail of stiff fish in their wake. Scooped up in nets, smallmouth bass were then transferred ...

It was a record-setting haul. An upstate New York man has set a new state record for smallmouth bass. State Department of Environmental Conservation Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar announced that ...

River smallies will move up and down river systems, but as cooler weather progresses, schools gather in deeper holes associated with cover such as downed trees, but it’s not unusual for larger ...

OGDENSBURG, N.Y. – New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar has announced that a new state record for smallmouth bass was set on Sept. 22. Using a soft ...

Summer can be cruel to a devout trout fisherman. I found that out during the relentless drought of 2016. By July, flows on the Farmington River—my home water in Connecticut—were reduced to a pathetic ...

The fish was caught in the Susquehanna River by an angler late last year. Smallmouth bass with confirmed malignant tumor. Caught by angler in Susquehanna River near Duncannon, Dauphin County, on Nov.