Lake Erie, Dale Hollow Lake, and the St. Lawrence River are just a few locations in the U.S. that grow giant smallmouth. These are iconic places to fish, but to truly be effective on those waters, you ...

The Juniata River, flanked by trees glowing in neon reds, yellows and greens, flowed low and slow last Wednesday morning, with a light mist rising from the water’s surface. It was the day before ...

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 ...

The fish took its own sweet time, as smallmouth bass will sometimes do, eyeballing the rubber-legged popper as it drifted along the edge of a grass bed. I followed with the rod tip. You can’t rush ...

What a difference a season makes when it comes to catching smallmouth bass from Ozark streams. Pat Bodishbaugh of Fayetteville and his fishing buddy walked the banks of Osage Creek in Benton County on ...

Billy Smith, Clay Newcomb and Hal Herring prove winter smallmouth bass fishing can be hot when the weather is cold. Submitted photo. Smallmouth bass are one of the most prevalent game fish in North ...

Some trips are a must do every year. For me, fishing the Current River in the winter with Billy Smith is at the top of that list. Smith owns and operates Scenic Rivers Guide Service and Tours, and no ...

LEWISTON, Idaho — An angler from Lewiston has broken Idaho's catch-and-release state record for smallmouth bass. According to Idaho Fish and Game, Dustin Shepherd was fishing Dworshak Reservoir when ...

This story is adapted from the MT Lowdown, a weekly newsletter digest containing original reporting and analysis published every Friday. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has enacted an emergency ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montana officials approved a rule that requires anglers to kill and report any smallmouth bass ...

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