Lake Erie, Dale Hollow Lake, and the St. Lawrence River are just a few locations in the U.S. that grow giant smallmouth. These are iconic places to fish, but to truly be effective on those waters, you ...

When most people think of topwater smallmouth takes, they envision something violent: A slashing blow and shot of whitewater spraying into the air. Hits like that get the blood pumping for sure, but I ...

The Juniata River, flanked by trees glowing in neon reds, yellows and greens, flowed low and slow last Wednesday morning, with a light mist rising from the water’s surface. It was the day before ...

Smallmouths are simple homebodies, really. Though you may have found them difficult to catch just a month or two ago, they were there. Likely they were in the deeper water, sulking on the bottom until ...

Hello folks, this week we come at you from the freshwaters of Lake St. Clair, positioned between Detroit and Windsor Canada. Today we're baited up with crankbaits and monolfilament fishing line, while ...

Austin Anderson, a 28-year-old professional carp and buffalo fishing guide, was fishing by himself on June 10 from the bank of Lady Bird Lake when he hooked into a life-changing fish. Two days before, ...

Fishing duo Cole & Jay utilize ultra-realistic insect imitations to fool wary Ozark smallmouth bass in crystal clear river ...

This story is adapted from the MT Lowdown, a weekly newsletter digest containing original reporting and analysis published every Friday. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has enacted an emergency ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A record that’s stood ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montana officials approved a rule that requires anglers to kill and report any smallmouth bass ...