River Temperature

Fish live in an overwhelming number and type of aquatic communities throughout North America. The word community is a good description because it suggests they adapt to and function within their local...View article

It’s possible to predict within a few degrees what temperature the water will be. Water temperature is influenced by surrounding air temperatures. Take a reading of the water late in the day (usually...View article

Giant blue catfish present one of America’s most exciting but overlooked angling opportunities. If you haven’t gone gunning for these monsters, get yourself properly geared up with a safe boat and...View article

Over the past couple of decades, some of the hottest blue-cat fishing has surfaced in tidal rivers, particularly along the mid-Atlantic seaboard. Non-native blue cats forage on plentiful gizzard shad...View article

Up North by mid-May and into June, and from April into May farther south, when water temperatures breach 60ºF, flatheads are generally settled into river reaches where they eventually spawn, although...View article

Preseason for flatheads extends from late winter through early spring—the end of the Coldwater Period on the In-Fisherman Calendar of Fish Activity. It’s not the best time of the year to target...View article

Giant blue catfish present one of America’s most exciting but overlooked angling opportunities. If you haven’t gone gunning for these monsters, get yourself properly geared up with a safe boat and...View article

“It’s too high and dirty,” complains an angler. Six months later we hear: “It’s too low and way too clear.” Frustrated river fishermen always find excuses for slow fishing. In...View article

The river and its environs were cloaked in a white shawl. Ankle-deep snow buried the trail, making it hard to find in the dusky light before dawn. As the sun first winked at the river through the naked...View article

No bug slicks. No birds. Wind hums through lines and cables as the probe disappears into the blue-green depths. Foam trails are draped across the swells, some heading east, some heading west, some passing...View article