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June 1, 2026

An oven bag and some trimmings — sliced applies, onions, bacon and asparagus — can make even the oldest, toughest turkey taste great. […]

Shallow spawning or prespawn bass can make an angler’s spring day at Pickwick Lake. Use these tactics for largemouth bass. […]

Twitch baits take center stage with Mississippi anglers when April arrives and big speckled trout are on the prowl. […]

Egret Baits’ Wedgetails catch plenty of redfish and flounder, as well as speckled trout, from Corpus Christi, Tex., to Florida’s Panhandle. […]

The redear sunfish, aka shellcracker, chinquapin or yellow bream, is identified most easily by the colorful edge around it earflap. […]

Stretch out some leftover venison or hog meat with a few veggies and rice. This is comfort food that is filling. […]

Maynor Creek is a productive lake for bass in March because it has numbers of big bass in its shallow water. […]

Trotlining is an effective way to catch catfish — blues, channels, and flatheads. A study finds the effects on gamefish to be minimal. […]

Bass pro Mark Daniels set out to design a square-bill crankbait. The Bill Lewis MDJ Series SB-57 is the result. […]

Blue catfish are highly adaptable and live in almost any type of freshwater; lakes, ponds, creeks, swamps or rivers. […]

When cold fronts hit at Bogue Homa in February, the female bass will pull out of the lily pad stems and move out to the thick cover. […]

In his 1881 Book of the Black Bass, Henshall described the black bass as “Inch for inch and pound for pound the gamest fish that swims.” […]