How to Gig for Fish, Plus a DIY Gigging Stick in 3 Steps
Photographs by Ted Lewis / Pointclickfish As the old aluminum boat slid through the shallows of a marshy lagoon near North Topsail Beach, N.C., Capt. Alan Jernigan didn’t see the fish at first. Sure,...
View ArticleSkishing: Taking on Deep Water and Big Fish in a Wetsuit
Be the fish. This is the mantra of a few adrenaline seekers whose fishing addiction has taken them offshore and out of a boat, to bob in the ocean with nothing but a wetsuit to keep them afloat while...
View ArticleOne Man’s Quest to Catch Every Fish Species on the Planet
Steve Wozniak is a 52-year-old California native who is fixated on fishing. To date, his dependency has taken him to 86 different countries at a total expense equaling a small fortune. (And, no, he is...
View ArticleThis Man is Trying to Bring the Largemouth Bass World Record Back to the USA
When Japan’s Manabu Kurita tied George W. Perry’s world bass record of 22 pounds 5 ounces, Gary Schwarz didn’t get mad—he simply decided to grow one even bigger. While most anglers don’t go to...
View ArticleWhy You Should Try Tenkara Fishing for Trout
It’s just you, a fly, and the fish. There is nothing to get in the way of telling The Great Lie in the most transparent way possible. The lie, of course, being that the fly is not real. “The essence...
View ArticleFishing Lures of the Future
Anglers don’t speak in terms of how many megabytes they used to catch a fish, but they could. Technology has deeply penetrated the venerable sport of fishing. Luckily, lure manufacturers are operating...
View ArticleHow to Call Elk: Advanced Tips and Tactics
All elk hunters dream of a screaming bull that charges across a meadow and into bow range, hot steam still flowing from his nostrils. After all, calling in a bugling bull (or even just getting a...
View Article3 Tricks to Catch Big Walleyes in Cold Water
The average high temperature in Minneapolis, Minn., in December is 23.7 degrees. Yes, that’s the high. Average lows are around 7.5. To most anglers in the U.S., this sounds like a special form of...
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