In April 2025, an angler caught a colossal freshwater fish on ultra-light tackle. Here's why your chances of doing the same ...

These five made our list of the prettiest fish in fresh water. / Ken Baldwin If you asked people why they fish, it's probably for relaxation, enjoyment or to get enough fillets for a fish fry.

What would you eat for lunch, if you knew someone was going to be judging you for it 15 million years later? That was ...

Explore the best freshwater fishing locations on Long Island, including Nassau and Suffolk, for bass, trout, and more.

Few freshwater fish can match the size of the Mekong giant catfish, which can exceed 10 feet and weigh over 660 pounds. Native to the Mekong River, this gentle giant feeds on plankton rather than ...

The first fish I ever caught on an artificial lure was a crappie. It hit a Hildebrandt black and yellow spinner bait cast from a green metal Johnson Century reel mounted on a solid fiberglass rod with ...

Lake sturgeon have long been culturally significant and nutritionally important to First Nations in Ontario, but dams and ...

One of the most widespread hobbies around the world is fishing. Beyond fishing as a job, sport fishing is an activity practiced by millions of people and the capture of some of the ...

The migrations that make up the well-known salmon life cycle have long been described as one way at a time. Juvenile salmon ...

Filming freshwater fish takes a unique skill set and a lot of patience but offers photographers the rare opportunity of being the first in a world where seemingly everything has already been done.

The long-held understanding that baby salmon emerge from the streams where they hatched to head out to sea actually is ...