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Capt. Neil Eisner To catch more fish, you need to try to change things up a bite when you’re fishing …

Kiawah to Edisto Island Fishing Report For January – Capt John Ward

With the water temperature stable and holding in the mid to low 50’s , water has been starting to clear …

Riverside Park

By Mike Hammond Recently, a person commented to me that there is not much access on the Caloosahatchee River for …

Kiawah to Edisto Island Fishing Report For December – Capt John Ward

December is here and it has turned into winter overnight. With temperatures changing from 75 to 45 in a short …

On The Water with FECOP

A Fish Turned Me Into A Conservationist Sometimes it bothers me when I see mother loads of fish or big …

Kiawah to Edisto Island Fishing Report For November – Capt John Ward

November is here and the water temperature has hit the magic number of 68, and it has the fish fired …

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Lake Erie’s Big Brown Bass

Lake Erie boasts some of the best smallmouth bass fishing in the world. On this massive lake, the Eastern Basin offers a stellar habitat for bronzebacks.

Under The Sea – Slings and Polearms

There’s a retro-movement taking place—a trend toward primitive hunting gear. Slings and polespears are used in places that do not allow trigger mechanisms.

Upstate New York Bass on the Fly!

For an angler, being outside and fishing in a short sleeve shirt with no one around should be enough to call any day a success. This day was about to get better. As we cast into a river with increasing water temps and a majority of the steelhead already back in Lake Ontario, our expectations of a tight line were low. Soon enough, as we launched large flies into the water, the addicting tight line grabs began. These fierce strikes were not steelhead, but hungry smallmouth bass. We enjoyed a full day on the river swinging 4-plus-inch flies and catching more than 25 smallmouth bass apiece.