Instinct

Instinct

A boy and a bass . . . on the quiet waters of a lake on a Saturday afternoon. The old bass turned toward deep water on this late spring day. At this stage in her life, the familiar droning sound was the only thing that made her anxious, and it put her on the move....

Aloha Means Fishing

Aloha Means Fishing

In Maui, it’s not how many fish you catch, it’s how much tarragon is in the béarnaise sauce. With its gorgeous beaches, lush mountain slopes, slumbering volcanoes, swaying palm trees, gyrating hula dancers, and colorful cocktails with little umbrellas, Hawaii lives up...

Rainbow Trout Stockings Scheduled

Rainbow Trout Stockings Scheduled

Catchable-size rainbow trout are being stocked in city ponds and lakes across the state by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. These stockings will enhance fishing opportunities this spring, especially in urban areas. Trout fishing also is a great way to introduce...

Prairie Pike

Prairie Pike

At Cheyenne Ridge Signature Lodge, it's the "other season" you don't want to miss. Hedy Lamarr was one of the most glamorous film stars of Hollywood's "Golden Age." Viennese by birth, she was invariably cast as a seductress of exotic origins and gained fame as filmdom...

’Ol Settler Of Deep Hole

’Ol Settler Of Deep Hole

No fish had ever exerted a greater influence on the thoughts, the imagination, the manners or the moral character of his pursuers. Uncle Eb was a born lover of fun. But he had a solemn way of fishing that was no credit to a cheerful man. It was the same when he played...

A City By The Sea

A City By The Sea

Blackfly Lodge at Schooner Bay anchors a Bahamas community created especially for fishing.   On a calm day, the slight slap of the water on the hull of a flats boat has one of two effects on me. If I'm tired, it can lull me into a trance, the kind that makes me...

There’s Always The Pier 

There’s Always The Pier 

All sorts of interesting characters frequent our fishing piers, but they all share the same thing—a passion for fishing. South Carolina's Daniel Island is actually a peninsula of the original Cainhoy Plantation sandwiched by the Cooper and Wando rivers that probe...