The App Aiming to Hook More People on Fishing
While things weren’t looking promising for hunting in the 2016 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, the same report revealed fishing recruitment efforts were enjoying far more success. From 2011 to 2016, fishing participation grew...
Remembering Lefty Kreh
Kreh was a Greatest Generation angler, a man who met Castro and Hemingway, who taught celebrities how to cast, who survived Anthrax and who fought at the Battle of the Bulge. Click here to read more.
Tarpon Fishing During Peak Migration: Bahia Honda Sporting Club
Bahia Honda Sporting Club is your Florida Keys destination to exclusively fly-fish for Tarpon. We fish when the fishing's best, at whatever time of day. We commonly split up the day, breaking back at the lodge for lunch and some time out of the sun, then return to the...
Cold Snap
The spring creeks are dead this winter. Not fishing slow or tough; literally dead. Killed by one of the hundreds of wildfires that ravaged Utah in 2018. This particular fire burned from mid-September up to the opening of the deer hunt. The Forest Service could’ve put...
Sportfishing Industry Mourns the Passing of Industry Giant, Darrell Lowrance
Alexandria, VA – March 18, 2019 – On behalf of the sportfishing industry, the American Sportfishing Association (ASA) extends its sincere condolences to the Lowrance family on the passing of Darrell J. Lowrance, founder of Lowrance Electronics, Inc., who brought early...
DeFoe Slams Door On Hometown Bassmaster Classic Victory
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — For decades, it seemed almost impossible for an angler to win the GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods in his home state. Now it’s happened four times in six years. Tennessee pro Ott DeFoe, who makes his home in Knoxville,...
Saskatchewan Fishing DIY
As a youngster growing up in very rural northeast Texas, I remember reading about fishing remote lakes in Canada in outdoor magazines. The image of a group of fishermen setting around a campfire, enjoying a shore lunch of fried walleye or pike stuck in my mind. I...
2019 Awards of Excellence
Sporting Classics 17th annual Awards of Excellence salute the best of the best—those companies and individuals whose products and services are having a significant and long-lasting impact on our sporting lives. Nominees for the 2019 awards were submitted by our senior...
St. Croix Rod Celebrates 60th Anniversary of the Iconic Premier Series
Park Falls, WI - In an industry where fishing rod models seem to come and go, the story of St. Croix’s Premier series (casting and spinning) is an exceptional tale of creativity, rebirth, and longevity. In fact, 2019 marks a celebratory 60 years that the rod has been...
SEWE’s Women On The Water
SEWE’s Cast Net Demo at Brittlebank Park on Friday will be lead by Kelsey Dick and Tia Clark. Both women turned their sportsmanship into entrepreneurial interest in 2018. Tia Clark calls herself The Casual Crabber. She came to notoriety in 2018 when her Airbnb...