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Can a Luxury Ski Resort in Utah Also Be a Great Summer Fly Fishing Destination?; You’re Ignoring the Hardest-Fighting Fish in Your Local Water; “It’s Not the Technology”—Jacob Wheeler Pushes Back on Critics of Young Anglers

Can a Luxury Ski Resort in Utah Be a Great Fly Fishing Destination; Hardest-Fighting Fish in Your Local Water; and “It’s Not the Technology”—Jacob Wheeler Pushes Back

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Can a Luxury Ski Resort in Utah Be a Great Fly Fishing Destination; Hardest-Fighting Fish in Your Local Water; and “It’s Not the Technology”—Jacob Wheeler Pushes Back

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Opening day walleyes aren’t always aggressive, but the right presentation can still get them to bite.

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Wisconsin’s walleye opener is here. Use this simple, proven game plan—based on water temps and lake type—to find and catch more fish on day one.

Utah guide Sammy Elam taking the scenic route to the river.

Destinations

When anglers think fly fishing destinations, ski resorts rarely make the list. But a fall stay at Montage Deer Valley in Utah revealed great trout water, a walkable mountain town, and enough outdoor adventure to make off-season ski towns a great choice.

Bass Fishing

“It’s Not the Technology”—Jacob Wheeler Pushes Back on Critics of Young Anglers; You’re Ignoring the Hardest-Fighting Fish in Your Local Water; and What’s the Best Way to Improve Your Fly Cast?

The Berkley Dough Rider spinner has a unique Scent Vent pocket in the body, designed to hold scented Berkley PowerBait dough to attract more fish.

Gear Reviews

The Berkley Dough Rider Spinner adds scent to a classic inline design. Here’s what happened when one angler fished it below a dam after a cold front.

When the white bass make their spring spawning run, anglers can catch a lot of fish in no time.

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White bass stack up in rivers each spring, creating fast action for anglers. Learn where to find them, what to throw, and how to fish the run.

Rough fish like this buffalo are widespread and incredibly powerful, often using current to extend fights far beyond what most anglers expect.

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Rough fish like carp and buffalo fight harder than bass and are found almost everywhere. Here’s why more anglers should be targeting them.

Tenkara rods are compact and easy to use, perfect for squeezing in some extra fishing on a road trip

Fly Fishing

Travel light and fish anywhere. Discover why tenkara is the perfect compact rod for spontaneous trout fishing in the Eastern Sierra.

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A Fly Fishing Trip to Africa Took an Unexpected Turn on Safari; The Strange Spiny Lure Taking Over Bass Fishing in 2026; I Didn’t Expect the Best Bass Fishing of My Trip to Happen at Disney World.

A few overlooked checks can turn your first launch of the season into a delay for everyone at the ramp.

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Avoid delays at the boat ramp with these simple spring boat checks. Learn the most common maintenance mistakes boaters make before their first trip.

Fly Fishing

Fly fishing is hard to explain. The Madison shows why it matters.

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A Fly Fishing Trip to Africa Took an Unexpected Turn on Safari; REVEALED: Berkley Lab Series Baits Unveiled After Bassmaster Classic Leak; The Finesse Fishing Kit Built for Today’s Pressured Bass

An older male lion with fiercely intense eyes.

Destinations

Chasing tigerfish in the Okavango Delta turns into something more when the focus moves from the river to the animals on the plain.

When the perch won’t cooperate, you make your own fun.

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A bucket-list Lake Gogebic perch trip unraveled fast—no snowmobile, slow fishing, and a looming blizzard led to two fish and an early exit.

The 'Beer for Every Angler' unveils a nationwide limited-edition can celebrating anglers everywhere.

Bass Fishing

Two iconic brands, Busch Light and Bass Pro Shops, partner up to give anglers the best beer (in the coolest can!) to enjoy after a long day of fishing.

Anglers working the riverbank for African tigerfish.

Destinations

On the Okavango River in Africa, I search for tigerfish, navigating hippos, bird-filled channels, and the kind of strikes that can yank your fly rod out of your hands.

Destinations

How a simple email turned into a week chasing tigerfish in Botswana.

Warm late-winter days before ice-out can produce some of the most aggressive perch fishing of the season, as fish feed heavily in preparation for spawning.

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Late-season ice fishing often produces the biggest perch of the year. Learn where to find late-ice perch, the best lures to use, and how to fish safely.

Fly Fishing

After the Seagrass Collapse, Is Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Again?; Five Miles From the Truck, With a Limit of Walleyes — and a Problem; Svivlo Draken ONE Baitcaster Review: Is This Really a Backlash-Free Reel?

Five Miles From the Truck, With a Limit of Walleyes — and a Problem; How to Win an Ice Fishing Derby Without Cheating; Burbot Ice Fishing Is Booming — From Overlooked to Late-Ice Target.

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Five Miles From the Truck, With a Limit of Walleyes and a Problem; Win an Ice Fishing Derby Without Cheating; Burbot Ice Fishing Is Booming.

Fly Fishing

Bass don’t disappear in winter – they move. Here’s where to find them and how to catch them on a fly rod, when cold water changes everything.

Jon Kroll of Ashland, Wis., displays a 14-pound Lake Superior eelpout. This fish is longer than the existing state record, but came up a little short of record weight.

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Burbot ice fishing is booming during late ice. Once overlooked, these freshwater cod are now one of the most compelling targets of the season.

The look on the rescuer’s face suggested this wasn’t his first call like this, and possibly not the first time we had met under these circumstances.

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A snapped steering cable left Joe Shead four miles offshore on Lake Superior — and reminded him he’s better at getting towed than maintaining his boat.

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Five Miles From the Truck, With a Limit of Walleyes — and a Problem; How to Win an Ice Fishing Derby Without Cheating; The Fish That Becomes an Obsession for Fly Anglers.

Five miles from the truck, after dark, with a limit of walleyes — and a treble hook I didn’t plan on bringing home.

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Joe Shead finished his walleye limit while ice fishing on a remote Minnesota reef — then buried a treble hook in his thumb five miles from the truck.