Freshwater Fishing

In 2021, Seaguar, the world leader in fluorocarbon line and leader material, is marking the 50th-anniversary of its founding and the invention of fluorocarbon fishing line with a fun angler photo contest.  To celebrate, the company has created the “50...

BY MIKE STEVENS HESPERIA – The quality and quantity trout drums continue to beat at Hesperia Lake, and an off-season surprise made it’s way on to the big-fish list. Powered by continued weekly 1,000-pound deliveries from Mt. Lassen, rainbow trout are...

BY MIKE STEVENS BISHOP – The Bishop Chamber of Commerce board of directors decided to postpone the annual Blake Jones Trout Derby that was originally on the calendar for March 13. As of now, no new date has been announced. “We...

BY MIKE STEVENS ESCONDIDO – Another sizable delivery of quality rainbow trout were dumped into Dixon Lake and red-hot fishing fol lowed, but another species stole the spotlight in record- breaking fashion. Valley Center angler Cameron Gruwell was soaking cut mackerel...

...a unique method for fishing plastic baits. Tacoma, Washington  - It's a fishing rig perfected in Japan, and now the Gamakatsu Gika Rig proves a remarkable technique for catching largemouth and smallmouth bass across North America. "The Gika Rig combines the...

BY MIKE STEVENS SACRAMENTO – After over two years in the pipeline, a half dozen public meetings, a period for submitting thoughts and concerns online and a webinar open to the public that almost immediately melted down when all commenters...

Lexington, S.C. –  Rather Outdoors announces the formation of a series of big bass format tournaments coming in 2021. The Strike King Big Bass Challenge will feature four events across the nation on some of the most well-known big...

WINCHESTER – The first trout plant of 2021 arrived at Diamond Valley Lake this week with the usual fanfare, and while the striped bass bite has been on the upswing, it hasn’t been of the big-swimbait variety that’s typically...

Covering water Mark Zona’s mainstay technique BY PAUL LEBOWITZ                                                      The drop-shot is a can’t miss trick for fall and winter bass. What if you could take this bread and butter and jazz it up? Bass fishing personality Mark Zona...

BY MIKE STEVENS and BLAKE WARREN BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. – Various areas throughout the Colorado River chain finished 2020 strong on the striped bass stage after a slower-than-usual fall, and that trend is carried right into the new year with...