Creel Empty, Heart Full
Far too often we as sportsmen become blinded by the end result of a hunting or fishing trip. Blinded so that we miss much of the beauty and adventure of the journey. I recently went on a fishing trip that yielded and empty creel, yet was filled with rest, adventure...
A Reel Chance For Good Fishing
Captain Rick was right. Like onboard bananas, the first-cast fish spells trouble. Kathy’s first cast of the morning—a live shad wiggling beneath a bright orange cork. The tide was rising and the minnow rode with the current along the edge of the submerged sandbar,...
How to Plan a Successful Fishing Trip
Having a successful fishing trip depends on how you plan for success. Planning will help regardless if your goal is to catch a state record fish, or escape from chores for the day. Remember that some days we catch fish on bare hooks, while others days we just go...
New World Record Paddlefish Hauled From Keystone Lake — Again!
A new world-record paddlefish has again been pulled from Keystone Lake near Tulsa, Oklahoma less than a month after the previous world record was snagged in the same lake by a client of the same fishing guide. Angler Cody James Watters of Ochelata is the newest owner...
ICAST Presents 2020 New Product Awards
American Sportfishing Association held its 2020 ICAST show with 434 new products entered by more than 180 companies. American Sportfishing Association held its first “virtual” ICAST show in July. Despite not having the face-to-face interaction everyone enjoyed at the...
How to Make Your Own Cane Pole Fishing Rig
Making a cane pole fishing rig: A do-it-yourself project for sportsmen of all ages Several months back I wrote a piece for Sporting Classics Daily touting the virtues and versatility of cane poles as a fishing tool. What I should have done then was follow that...
Beginning Again Come July
"In every journey the road will bend. Who can know how the story will wend? To every beginning, there must come an end." Cliché? Maybe, but profoundly, as inescapable truths that bracket the birth-to-death limits of our being. In the between time, there is life....
Simple Setup: All You Need to Start Fishing
The truth is that a stick, string, hook, weight and optional bobber is all it takes to have a fun evening of fishing at the lake. Visit any fishing tackle store and you might be overwhelmed with the selection of what is “required” to go fishing. There are lures, jigs,...
Oregon Illegal Fishing Guide Charged
A second Oregon fishing guide was cited for illegally guiding clients in western Oregon. This follows a similar citation issued last month to a guide in Tillamook County. Carl Burge, 40, of Carlton, had several clients ready to fish the lower Willamette River when he...
Jaguars’ Jawaan Taylor Catches 400-pound Grouper
The former Gator caught a 400-pound Goliath grouper during a fishing trip last week. Jawaan Taylor, the Jacksonville Jaguars offensive tackle, now has an epic fish tale to tell his teammates when practice and the new NFL season returns. A viral video posted Thursday...