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Pike Fishing
You Are What You Eat
“Ambition is the last refuge of the failure,” said Oscar Wilde. Here’s proof. These fish were found dead (duh) near a jetty in the Netherlands. The perp is a 3’2″ pike, and the meal is a 2’5″ zander. Really? Eat stuff that’s a lot smaller than you are. It just works better. Click here to [...]
Greenback Cutthroat Gets Much-Needed Protection
The Center for Biological Diversity gets a lot of heat from the fishing and hunting community at times, but this is one time we are pretty happy to see them step up. The Center has signed an agreement with Pike and San Isabel National Forest that will help protect the only creek in the world that [...]
A Cormorant, Fish Pictures, and a Wild Goose Chase
This sounds like a bad joke, but it’s a story that has captured the attention of just about everyone on the Internet. Karen Gwillim was driving through the village of the village of Craven in Saskatchewan, Canada when she saw a cormorant with a weird shiny thing on its back. Wanting to help the bird, she [...]
Record Pike Caught in Utah?
We’ve all been there. We hear a fish splash nearby and we hurl our lure right at it. Sometimes it works. Most of the time it doesn’t, but for Oregon-native Pat Bigelow, it could have gotten him in the Utah record books. Bigelow was fishing with his son-in-law on Yuba Reservoir when he hooked into a [...]
Maine Ice Fishermen Facing Live Bait Ban?
As long as there have been fishermen there has been live bait. But, the Maine ice fishing community is facing a ban on bait, and there aren’t many who are happy about that. “I am afraid if this passes, you are going to see worse than bait fish in these waters. I don’t think anyone [...]
Pike Chokes on Duck in Scotland
Reverend Ian Atkinson was out fishing at Perthshire Loch in Scotland when he caught a little bit more than a big pike. According to The Sun, he pulled out a 25-pound pike that had a full-grown duck in its mouth. It’s not the first time we’ve heard about pike picking off ducks, but this fish got [...]
Photo: Mouse-eating Cutthroat in Colorado
We’ve heard and even seen pike, big bass, muskies and even the occasional big brown trout feast on an unfortunate rodent. But this medium-sized cutthroat looks like it bit off more than it could chew. The guys at Field & Stream got this photo from a reader who captured the image in Colorado’s Alpine Lake [...]
24-Hour Fish-A-Thon Raises Money, Cleans the Streams, Across the U.S.
From Recycled Fish Executive Director, Teeg Stouffer: The details from the 2012 Recycled Fish 24 Hour Fish-A-Thon presented by Berkley Fishing are still rolling in, but the early indication is that anglers east of the Rockies battled high winds. Across the country, rain, heat, cold, wind – even hail – made fishing challenging for our [...]
Are the Days of Brook Trout fishing in Maine Numbered?
When you think of Maine, if you’re a fisherman at least, you picture crystal clear streams full of stunningly beautiful native brook trout. Our grandchildren, however, might consider it a pike and smallmouth state. Invasive species such as carp, pike and bass pushing brook trout out of their natural habitats could have a big impact [...]
