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Most of us observe fishing history through the eyes of those who’ve recorded notable events for posterity, trusting their accounts to tell us what transpired. A lucky few view it through the prism...View article

A unique, bluish-colored strain of walleye appears to be increasing in number in Canada, and expanding its range into the northern United States. “We’re finding it in Canadian river systems where...View article

Our television promotions often tout the ­In-Fisherman staff as the most seasoned and best-traveled editorial staff...View article

 The National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, conducted every 5 years by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...View article

Biologists recognize that hybridization among freshwater fish species is more common than for any other type of vertebrate. Sunfish,...View article

While fish share many of the same basic organs as you and I, they do have some unique attributes.Cold-Blooded—To begin, fish don’t maintain a higher body temperature...View article

Horned pout, chucklehead, butterball, yellow belly, wogger, paper skin, polly, wolly, wooly willow cat, mud cat. A bullhead by any other name still is a bullhead, a close relative of the white catfish....View article

White catfish, Ameiurus catus, are native to Atlantic slope streams from New York to Florida, and Gulf coast drainages in Alabama and Mississippi. They’re more tolerant of brackish water than other...View article

Big flathead catfish are something. The only North American freshwater predators that grow larger are alligator gar and sturgeons. Maybe the blue catfish. But they don’t match the flathead as a...View article

Horned pout, chucklehead, butterball, yellow belly, wogger, paper skin, polly, wolly, wooly willow cat, mud cat. A bullhead by any other name still is a bullhead, a close relative of the white catfish....View article