Fishing

Mille Lacs' battered reputation as the state's premiere walleye lake overshadows how it has become a premiere smallmouth bass fishery.

Scattered about the million-acre reservation, two dozen of about 35 fishable lakes are open to non-tribal anglers. A few of them range from good to outstanding. All of them are crowd-free.

Officials say the men took the fish out of a hidden holding tank where they had been stored before the competition began.

It's the one day in the summer when anglers can fish without a license in Vermont.

The workshop takes place June 6-8 and is an opportunity for anyone 18 or older to learn outdoor skills associated with hunting and fishing.

Spinner rigs are deadly for walleyes. Offering an alluring combination of fish-attracting flash, vibration, scent and taste, these churning, twirling performers are versatile standouts.

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has confirmed a pair of state fishing records.

Striped bass are starting to arrive in New Hampshire's coastal waters, and the state wants to figure out how many are out there.

Gregory Johnson was selected to lead Kentucky's wildlife agency in the aftermath of an ethics scandal involving its former commissioner.

Poachers have killed a large buck and wounded at least three deer in a tiny fishing village where residents' feeding of the animals has made them easy targets.

The phenomenon is likely the result of thick ice that trapped fish in waters with low oxygen.

The tiny fishing village of Port Mansfield is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a bow-and-arrow toting deer poacher.

6,000 Florida-strain largemouth bass fingerlings were released into False River as part of the effort to return the ailing oxbow lake to its former distinction as a fishing paradise.

Carolyn Harper has more than 65 years of experience hunting everything from ducks, quail, deer and turkey.

Fishing limits have been a source of tension since the 1980s, when non-tribal anglers staged racial protests that included rock-throwing and fake Native American heads impaled on pikes.

A popular fishing spot below the Grand Coulee Dam has reopened for the first time since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

The good news for Lake Sakakawea anglers is the level of the reservoir could rise as much as 10 feet this summer.

People use Airbnb, Expedia, VRBO, and other popular websites that connect them with places to stay while traveling; we are doing something similar in the hunting/fishing world.

Far-northern Canada in springtime can be a bear bowhunter's paradise. Lightly hunted, remote areas mean lots of big, mature boars that have little fear of humans.

A number of kitchen fundamentalists are picking up a gun or bow and heading into the woods.

Ray Scott made his name with fishing tournaments, publications and television shows. But that wasn't why a group from New York traveled to his Pintlala property.

Gerald Swindle reflects back on this year’s Bassmaster Classic. For starters, he’ll be the first to tell you that the only thing his Alabama zip code guarantees him on Lake Guntersville is that the fish will be wet.

Whether it's bears wandering through neighborhoods, deer feasting on gardens, or raccoons slipping through the doggie door wildlife and people in Florida share the same space more often than not.

Incredibly, Joe Wiseman shoots with a draw weight of 62 pounds, and increases it to 72 when hunting, no small feat, even for someone with two good arms.

The formerly unheralded river with a reputation for heavy-metal contamination has suddenly entered the conversation as a contender for the title of Colorado's top trout fishing stream.

Big box outdoor retailer Gander Mountain has been experimenting with a number of firearms-only stores for the past year, but that experiment is ending.

The proposal also eliminates the fee to receive pheasant, furbearer, and habitat or migratory fowl stamps for hunters.

The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal by the state of Alaska in a long-running fight over the control of rivers and the fishing and hunting rights of Alaska Natives.

Many anglers take special care not to run ethanol-mixed fuel through their boats, but even still, if the boat has sat up for a while, a fuel check is a good idea.