The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has announced its commemorative Fish Ohio Pin for 2026 for anglers who report catching trophy-sized fish.

This story, “Getting the Bait’s a Bail,” appeared in the May 1970 issue of Outdoor Life. The morning sparkled as bright and shiny as a new dime. The river was clear and purling along, its voices ...

For years, ice anglers were told they had to downsize to catch fish. Fish are cold blooded and their metabolism slows in winter, so we need to use tiny lures to catch these fickle feeders, we thought.

If you love catching fish — not just fishing, but the actual act of reeling in another one — then there is nothing like the bluegill spawn. When hordes of big aggressive bull bluegills gather in the ...

The captain, Paulo Valente, tells me that he has about 60,000 lbs. of fish on board, mostly cod and haddock. It takes several ...