Jakob Mackey caught the 70-plus pound grass carp on a Hair Rig while fishing a neighborhood lake in Sioux City, Iowa.

Jesse Schroeder found the enormous deadhead while shed hunting in April. Now, it’s poised to unseat a nearly 50-year-old record ...

Earlier this month, 28-year-old Silas Turner of Perry, Georgia landed the biggest longnose gar ever recorded in the Peach ...

Welcome to the new Field & Stream! Now, before we go further, I feel compelled to specify that I’m not just welcoming you to a new-and-improved Fieldandstream.com—even though, as you can clearly see, ...

Targeting bass with giant glide baits continues to grow in popularity. What used to be a niche technique practiced mostly by West Coast anglers is now mainstream across the country. Traditionally, ...

This story is a collaboration with the Okayest Hunter. They say we’re always supposed to be moving forward—grow, improve, evolve. When you tag a 6-point whitetail deer, next year it ought to be an 8, ...

My first pair of wading boots lasted me over five years. When I hung them up for good, the re-glued soles were falling off again. But I was a broke college grad who thought money could be better spent ...

It’s a good time to be a bowhunter. Last year, I called the 2025 crop of flagship compounds the best I’d ever tested, and the fact that I’m going to sound like a broken record in 2026 should be music ...

Most new bass baits for the upcoming year are revealed at ICAST in July. Though many of those lures aren’t available for purchase until the fall. Which means we usually don’t get to see what the ...

Spinning reels are extremely versatile. They can be paired with a dropshot rod to fish in deep water, used to drag hair jigs across structure, or rigged to skip wacky baits under docks. Bass-specific ...

A young waterfowling friend recently got a German shorthair and asked me what kind of upland shotgun he should buy so he could take his dog hunting. I said, “That’s the wrong question. You’ve already ...