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

There have never been so many rifles on the market—in so many price ranges—that are precise enough for long-distance shooting. Triggers, optics, factory ammunition, and bullet design have all gotten ...

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 ...

A few short years ago, major crossbow brands like Ravin and Tenpoint were in a race to break the 500-feet-per-second mark, and both were successful. I tested and hunted extensively with such blazing ...

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 ...

Shopping for a rod and reel can be a bit of a guessing game if you buy them separately. What size spinning reel do you need for each rod? And which action and power rod do you need for specific ...

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So, you think you’re a pretty good fisherman? You marvel, maybe, at your ability to load a stringer full of stocked trout while all the other spinner-chuckers around you are blanking? Are you the ...

FLY-FISHERS in the eastern half of the U.S. are eagerly anticipating a hatch 17 years in the making: the Brood X cicada emergence. From around mid-May through June, billions of these chubby bugs will ...

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 ...

No matter what you read in the sporting press or hear around the gun counter, the 6.5 Creedmoor is not a giant killer. It’s not Thor’s hammer or a Storm Trooper’s blaster. What the 6.5 Creedmoor is, ...