I was sitting on my screened porch, watching the sun set and doing some thinking. Down below my wooded ridgetop at the fringe of the field, a bobwhite was whistling away. Except for him, there wasn’t ...

We're out here looking for that channel catfish bite. We're using a sliding sinker rig with a nice 5/0 hook. On that hook? It's a bait pocket loaded with a bloody mix of livers, cut sucker, and ...

Chicken livers present problems for a lot of catfish fishermen, Lovell said. But the easy fix to the chicken liver bait retention question is to hook up some of the baits before the hook is tied — or ...

Compiled by California Outdoors Hall of Fame member Dave Hurley and edited by Roger George, who guides in the greater Fresno area and holds the striper record at Millerton Lake. Josh Mesa of Coyote ...

Catfish are usually among the easiest to catch of all freshwater fish. They also happen to be willing biters in colder weather, bringing out anglers who are trying to overcome a case of cabin fever.

The blustery days of March are still here – and snow is still everywhere – but these are ideal times for an angling activity that is great fun: bullhead fishing. Ugly late March days are perfect for ...

No piece of fishing tackle generates more heated debate than the choice of fishing lures. So with the caveat that there is no “best” fishing lure for each unique angler and body of water, here are ...