By Dan McNally, UA Local 597 My love for fishing had a little different start than most. It wasn’t passed on to me by my grandfather or father or something that my friends were into. After all, we lived in the city and in order to fish you had to get on a CTA bus [...]
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The Most Popular Christmas Ornament for Anglers?
If you're like us, for 364 days of the year you decorate all sorts of trees with dozens of lures you rarely get back. But thanks to Heddon, you can actually smile while hanging lures from a tree. They introduced this 12-pack of Heddon Punkinseed lure ornaments for the season, and they're selling out everywhere. According [...]
Aucilla redfish
Fishing yesterday didn't go quite as we planned it with only 2 22" trout an a couple of 25" reds but then an explosion and a heck of a fight later, this 31 1/2" redfish hits the deck. We never weighed her but it was an awesome time on the water.She crushed a Heddon One [...]
Winter crappies, it’s time to “think outside the box” part 1
Keith Sutton one of our writers and a dedicated crappie angler, doesn't give up in winter on his favorite slabs. He writes "Winter fishing can unnerve the most determined crappie angler. Our favorite panfish are often tight-lipped this time of year, and standard fishing tactics sometimes won’t catch them. You can hook cold-water slabs, however, if [...]
Wednesday Quiz: ID This Lure
Can you correctly identify the lure in the corner of this bass's mouth? ANSWER: Heddon Zara SpookWINNER: Blair E. Frye Not a GoFISHn member? Sign up today! It's fast, fun, and free! Check out these other great GoFISHn Stories:Trout Unlimited Launches Program to Serve VeteransFishing Tip of the Day: Catch More Fish on a Party…Should Anglers Be [...]
Fishing in the Ozarks: Norfork Lake Bass, Brim, Crappie, and Walleye
We don't have big water in central Pennsylvania. We have a few small lakes that anyone who has real lakes would call a pond, and the West Branch of the Susquehanna River is our only fishery that really supports the open-water species like bass, muskie, and walleye. When I received an invitation to head to [...]
GoFISHn Striper Week: 15 Best Striped Bass Lures
Not only do fishing guides and charter boat captains spend more time on the water than just about any other angler, they also need to catch fish to ensure job security. Last year, Field&Stream's Joe Cermele (who also happens to be a GoFISHn member) surveyed four striped bass pros from across the country to see [...]
GoFISHn Gears Up Its Encyclopedia
Gear is vital to fishing, and everyone has his or her favorite brands. That's why we created 122 GoFISHn Encyclopedia pages for some of the biggest gear manufacturers in the fishing industry. These pages pull together all the GoFishn member updates, gear reviews, questions and answers and member profiles that mention the brand. In addition, [...]
