This story, “Getting the Bait’s a Bail,” appeared in the May 1970 issue of Outdoor Life. The morning sparkled as bright and shiny as a new dime. The river was clear and purling along, its voices ...

Hello folks, the other day we went ice fishing on some local ice aiming to catch some bluegills and perch. We geared up with ...

It’s hard to make the argument that catching nightcrawlers for bait is going to save you tons of cash, unless, of course, you’re a walleye charter captain who buys them by the pound for a season’s ...

For years, ice anglers were told they had to downsize to catch fish. Fish are cold blooded and their metabolism slows in winter, so we need to use tiny lures to catch these fickle feeders, we thought.

Fishing is unlocked when you reach the Great Desert. Talking to Clyde starts the ‘Looking Glass’ quest that unlocks fishing. There are six fishing spots and 25 fish in Stellar Blade Our Stellar Blade ...

There are two perceptions of common carp among anglers in the United States. One group believes that carp are dumb and that nothing could be easier than going after them. They believe that learning ...

Catching 37 fish in an hour is the stuff of nighttime dreams. It's no fantasy during fall and winter at Roaring River State Park.

This story originally published in September was judged to be Advocate Outdoors’ top story for 2025 by a panel of outdoor ...