Current is the salvation and damnation of every river rat. Rarely do flathead catfish anglers get perfect water conditions during the prime late-spring bite. Either thunderstorms bring deluges of rain...View article
Prime patterns can be revisited each year, as the environment actually pushes, pulls, and prods fish into predictable areas and moods at predictable times. What are the prime patterns to follow on the...View article
In flowing water, summertime smallmouths pull out all the stops. A 2-pound, current-pumped smallie makes you think you’ve tagged a 4-pounder. And their aerial acrobatics leave me shaking my head,...View article
Bass anglers have become conditioned to believe that big, fast boats, huge reservoirs, and distant locations are the primary ingredients for catching trophy largemouths. Given the current economy, however,...View article
These lines highlight the importance of personal freedom and refusal to follow the crowd. From my experience, I believe there are many applications in business and investing for which this advice holds...View article
When it happens at a distance, and it often does, you can just barely see and feel the subtle wobble and flash of the lure as it’s gently pulled forward, left, then right—then left-right. You’re...View article
Pavlov’s dogs, fed for days at the sounding of a bell, began to salivate at the chime with no food in sensory range. Few witness that kind of conditioning, but perhaps you’ve seen a dog cower at...View article
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
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
