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
Rich Zaleski, a longtime In-Fisherman contributor, has written widely about crappies and enjoys hunting slabs in large tidal rivers like the Connecticut. Tides influence the flow 12 miles or more inland...View article
Classifying lake, river, and reservoir types is important because crappies in hill-land reservoirs in the South behave much the same as crappies in hill-land reservoirs in the North, East, or West....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
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
In fall, walleyes make the move upstream. Once they reach a dam or barrier, they fall back into portions of the river immediately downstream where current is reduced. Dams are an obvious barrier, but...View article
Massive Muskies -- A Remarkable Fishery At A Remarkable Moment In Time
I have a 53-inch 42-pounder on my wall from Canada in the early 1990s,” says the guide. “When I caught it I thought, ‘Well, there’s my fish. That’s the one I’m looking for.’ Now? This...View article
Key On The Forage Connection To Stay On Their Tails
Sometimes it all comes together—the right location and presentation choices merge, making for good catches of crappies. Once it’s over, crappies become enigmatic, being difficult to find or ignoring...View article
The St. Lawrence River is one of the finest carp waters in North America. Those who know it gauge their success by numbers of fish over 30 pounds, and 40- to 50-pound fish can be expected. Still, the...View article
The stream sections I remember vividly, having walked them and fished them for more than 40 years, stretch beyond reality into imagination. Sometimes, thinking about where catfish hold so predictably...View article
