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Old Town Releases New Flagship Kayak Updated For Modern...

To meet the needs of the next generation of kayak anglers, Old Town redesigned their fiver-year-running Sportsman line with...

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Videos

Heartwarming Game Warden Encounter (Video)

On a cold and cloudy day in southeast Texas, YouTuber Will of Fishing by the Numbers was out in...

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Videos

Why “Just Buy A Bass Boat” Gets Kayak Fishing...

Spend enough time in the kayak fishing world and you’ll start to notice there are two types of kayak...

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Features

50 For 50: Chris Funk Celebrates His Half-Century With Epic Quest

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Features

It all started with a film called The Big Year. The movie is about three friends competing in a bird counting contest while dealing...

Boats & Boards

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Boats

Old Town Releases New Flagship Kayak Updated For Modern...

To meet the needs of the next generation of kayak anglers, Old Town redesigned their fiver-year-running Sportsman line with...

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Boats

First Look: Esquif Cargo 15

We caught up with David Hadden of Esquif Canoe at Canoecopia 2024 to hear more about the new Cargo...

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Boats

First Look: Nova Craft Lure

Long have kayak anglers searched for the perfect fishing kayak to bring Fido and the kids out with them—...

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Buying Advice

Best Tandem Fishing Kayaks For 2025

Tandem kayaks are for dreamers: anglers who dream of sharing the fishing and kayaking experience with a friend or...

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Gear & Tackle

Gear

How To Rig And Fish The Wacky Rig

The wacky rig is so simple you’d think a toddler made it up. You simply stick a hook through...

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Gear

How To Rig And Fish The Ned Rig

The Ned rig doesn’t pass the eyeball test. If that simple plastic stub looks like anything, it’s a half-cigar...

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Lures & Baits

Bass Munch On Hellgrammite Lure (Video)

While the bulk of the Upper Midwest is in a deep freeze, YouTuber Matt Nelson offers us a tantalizing...

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Skills & Tactics

News & Events

How These Tournament Anglers Plan To Entice Bass This...

As the air and water temperatures drop, the behaviors of both smallmouth and largemouth bass change. Overall, the fish...

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Tactics

Best Bass Fishing Rigs

Peanut butter and chocolate. Bert and Ernie. Bass and plastics. Some pairings are just about perfect. The problem when...

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Buying Advice

The Gear Our Editors Love This Winter

Where some see an off-season, we see opportunity. Colder temperatures—well that just means more solitude on the water. Lethargic...

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Tactics

How To Catch Walleye—A Comprehensive Guide

Musky may be bigger and meaner, and bass may dominate south of the Mason-Dixon line, but both fish play...

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Editor's Angle

Columns

Elegy For A Fishing Kayak

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Columns

I don’t throw around the word epic, but this fishing trip was epic. I was on an after-work session when I ran into schools...

Hotspots

Destinations

North Alabama: Fishing Central In The Middle Of Nowhere

Anglers don’t visit Northern Alabama to experience the hustle and bustle of city life. They want to get away...

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Destinations

Why Not Minot: North Dakota’s Best-Kept Fishing Secrets Revealed

I know what you’re thinking: why would I vacation in Minot, ND? The small town in the middle of...

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Destinations

8 Of The Best-Kept Secret Bass Fishing Spots In...

Anglers don’t visit Northern Alabama to experience the hustle and bustle of city life. They want to get away...

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Stories

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Boats

Old Town Releases New Flagship Kayak Updated For Modern...

To meet the needs of the next generation of kayak anglers, Old Town redesigned their fiver-year-running Sportsman line with...

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News & Events

Extreme Wind Delays Bassmaster Kayak Series Championship Lake Fork...

With day one of the Yamaha Rightwaters Bassmaster Kayak Series Championship cancelled due to high winds, the championship turned...

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News & Events

$500K Fine For Releasing Bass Leaves Anglers Concerned

A new catch-and-kill mandate in Nova Scotia to curtail the spread of invasive smallmouth bass and chain pickerel has...

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News & Events

Isac Ochoa Wants You To Know Indigenous Anglers Are...

In January 2025, kayak angler Isac Ochoa and founder of Indigenous Anglers found himself tournament fishing the lake he...

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Top Stories

Old Town Releases New Flagship Kayak Updated For Modern...

Heartwarming Game Warden Encounter (Video)

Why “Just Buy A Bass Boat” Gets Kayak Fishing...

50 For 50: Chris Funk Celebrates His Half-Century With Epic Quest

Boats & Boards

Old Town Releases New Flagship Kayak Updated For Modern...

First Look: Esquif Cargo 15

First Look: Nova Craft Lure