Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

If I were to flip you the bird left-handed, which I sometimes do to mix things up, you’d notice that my middle finger is crooked, with a bulged knuckle. Why does it look like that? Catfish noodling.

Last week, the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources unveiled a plan to sell off as much as 3 million acres of federally managed public lands across several western states.

Invasive Burmese pythons got loose in the Sunshine State in the late 1970s, and since then, their numbers have exploded. The boa constrictors can grow up to 20 feet long and 200 pounds. They are found ...

The Maxus II is soft-shooting, versatile, light enough to carry, heavy enough to shoot, and made to be easily shortened. There’s nothing like the Sweet 16 on the market. A lightweight, ...

Hollywood made a feature film about it. Buffalo Bill declared it to be “The Boss.” Winchester called it, simply, the New Model of 1873. The rifle came from a dingy brick factory in New Haven, ...

of your dreams, the next step is to make sure transporting the boat doesn’t turn into a nightmare by having the best kayak roof rack for your needs. Loading and safely carrying a heavy fishing kayak ...

Like the best fishing boats, the sight of a sleek, metal flake-clad bass boat on the way to the lake is enough to make an angler’s head turn and dream about the adventures these modern marvels open up ...

The Traeger Pro offers decades of refined technology, a feature rich controller, and easy to use app connectivity at a reasonable price. It’s a phenomenal choice for pellet-smoker newbies and veterans ...

and reel, fresh line, and a premium, quality hook, but in most fishing scenarios, none of that matters if you can’t tie a good knot. So many things can go wrong during a fish fight, but quite often, ...

The Frontier West was nothing if not a place of opportunity. It offered an unlimited number of ways to perish including disease (a big favorite), thirst, starvation, weather, livestock, serpents, ...

The start of winter shouldn't dampen the amount of time you spend outside catching big fish. In fact, there's a hardy subset of anglers who are just getting started when the snow starts to fly and ...