Fishing Tales

• Speckled Perch on Lake Talquin: Spider Rigging for Florida Crappie in October —
• Giant Trevally on the Great Astrolabe Reef: Popping the Reef Edge off Kadavu, Fiji —
• Pacific Halibut in Resurrection Bay: The Last Charter of the Season out of Seward, Alaska —
• Smallmouth Bass on the Umpqua River: Floating Oregon's Bronze Water in October —
• Brown Trout on the Farmington River: Connecticut’s Tailwater in October —
• False Albacore off Cape Lookout: Fly Rod Fever at Harkers Island in October —
• Largemouth Bass on Lake El Salto: Sinaloa’s Flooded Timber in October —
• Flounder Run at Sabine Pass: Jigging the Texas Channel in October —
• Sablefish in Prince William Sound: Deep Dropping for Black Cod out of Whittier, Alaska —
• Muskie on Lake St. Clair: Casting for the Fish of Ten Thousand Casts in October —
• Bluegill on the St. Johns River: Fly Rod Poppers near Astor in October —
• Mahi Mahi off the Mamanuca Islands: Fishing a Fiji FAD at First Light —
• Northern Pike on Lake Champlain: Casting Vermont’s Weed Edges in October —
• California Halibut in Tomales Bay: Drifting Live Bait Through the October Fog —
• Blue Catfish on the Tidal James River: Richmond’s Hundred Pound Problem —
• Striped Marlin off Cabo San Lucas: Pitching Live Bait on the Golden Gate Bank —
• Feeder King Salmon off Ketchikan: Mooching Clarence Strait in the Rain —
• Shellcracker on the Pascagoula River: Mississippi’s Last Wild River in September —
• Coho Salmon in Platte Bay: Wading the River Mouth in Northern Michigan —
• Suwannee Bass on the Santa Fe River: Paddling North Florida’s Spring Country —
• Coral Trout on Fiji’s Great Sea Reef: Casting the Bommies off Vanua Levu —
• Tautog off Newport, Rhode Island: Green Crabs and Rock Piles in Early Fall —
• Pacific Cod in Unalaska Bay: Jigging the Aleutians out of Dutch Harbor —
• Sea-Run Cutthroat on the Cowlitz River: Washington’s Harvest Trout in September —
• White Marlin off Ocean City, Maryland: September in the Canyons —
• Rainbow Trout in the Sierra San Pedro Mártir: Fishing Baja’s Mountain Streams —
• Lake Sturgeon on the Rainy River: Fishing for Dinosaurs on the Minnesota Border —
• Pompano Surf Fishing in Gulf Shores: Sand Fleas and the First Cool Front —
• Largemouth Bass on Lake Okeechobee: The September Sunrise Bite —
• Walu off Beqa Island: Trolling for Spanish Mackerel in Fiji —
• Black Rockfish in Kachemak Bay: Light Tackle off Homer, Alaska —
• Landlocked Salmon on Grand Lake Stream: Maine’s September Run —
• Yellowtail off Catalina Island: Fighting Fish Out of the Kelp in September —
• Smallmouth Bass on the Upper James River: A September Float in Virginia —
• Roosterfish on the East Cape: Chasing the Comb from the Beach in Baja —
• Walleye on Lake Erie: Night Trolling the Western Basin in September —
• Peacock Bass in the Miami Canals: Fishing South Florida Urban Water in September —
• Bowfin in the Atchafalaya Basin: Louisiana Choupique and the Fish Nobody Aims For —
• Yellowfin Tuna in the Koro Sea: Running Down a Bird Pile off Fiji —
• Sea Run Dolly Varden off the Juneau Beaches: Fishing the Tide Line in September —
• Bluefish off Nauset Beach: The September Blitz on the Outer Cape —
• Northern Pike in the Minto Flats: A September Run West of Fairbanks —
• Alligator Gar on the Rio Panuco: Fishing for Prehistory in Tamaulipas —
• Bull Red Drum in Pamlico Sound: The September Run at the Mouth of the Neuse —
• Redfish in Mosquito Lagoon: Sight Fishing the September Schools —
• Bull Trout on the Metolius River: Swinging Streamers in Oregon’s Clearest Water —
• Yellow Perch on Lake Michigan: A September Morning off the Milwaukee Breakwall —
• Crappie Fishing on Toledo Bend: The Brush Piles Nobody Will Tell You About —
• Bonefish on the Fiji Flats: Wading the Yasawa Sand on a Falling Tide —
• Black Sea Bass off Block Island: Working the Boulder Fields in September —
• Lingcod in Resurrection Bay: Working the Pinnacles Out of Seward —
• Machaca on the Lacanjá River: Fly Fishing the Chiapas Jungle —
• Snook at Sebastian Inlet: The First Week of the Mullet Run —
• Snakehead Fishing the Potomac Creeks: Frogs Over the Pads in September —
• Northern Pike in the Les Cheneaux Islands: Working the Weed Edges on Lake Huron —
• Albacore Tuna off the Oregon Coast: Running Forty Miles for the Blue Water —
• Blue Marlin in Fiji: Trolling the Drop off Kadavu —
• Red Snapper off the Alabama Coast: Fishing the Reefs Somebody Sank on Purpose —
• Pacific Halibut off Kodiak Island: A September Drift in the Alaskan Territory —
• Wild Brown Trout on the Upper Delaware: The September Evening Rise —
• Mangrove Snapper in the Florida Keys: The Full Moon on the Patch Reefs —
• Dorado off Cabo San Lucas: Running the Weed Line in Late August —
• King Salmon on Lake Ontario: Late August Staging off the Niagara Bar —
• King Mackerel off the Outer Banks Piers: Pin-Rigging at the End of the Planks —
• Wahoo in Fiji’s Vatu-i-Ra Passage: Trolling the Edge of the Reef —
• Smallmouth Bass on the John Day River: Floating Oregon’s Desert Canyon in August —
• Coho Salmon in Sitka Sound: Silvers on a Late August Tide —
• Flathead Catfish on the Sabine River: A Night Shift on the Texas-Louisiana Line —
• Striped Bass in the California Delta: A Topwater Morning in the Sloughs —
• Bluefin Tuna on Stellwagen Bank: Nine Hours of Waiting, Ninety Seconds of Chaos —
• Musky Fishing Green Bay: The Figure Eight That Finally Worked —
• Sheepshead on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel: The Fish With Better Teeth Than Yours —
• Permit Fishing the Marquesas: The Florida Keys Fish That Says No —
• Largemouth Bass on Lake Picachos: A Topwater Morning in Sinaloa —
• Arctic Grayling on the Gulkana River: Alaska’s Most Overlooked Fish —
• Tripletail on the Mississippi Sound: Sight Fishing the Crab Trap Buoys —
• False Albacore Off Montauk Point: The First Blitz of the Fall Run —
• Buoy 10 Chinook on the Columbia River: Trolling for August Salmon in a Crowd —
• Dogtooth Tuna in Fiji’s Bligh Water: Jigging a Pinnacle Nobody Can See —
• Largemouth Bass in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta: Flipping Alabama’s Tidal Swamp —
• Sight Fishing Cobia in the Lower Chesapeake Bay: Tower Time in August —
• Lake Trout off the Apostle Islands: Cold Water Trolling on Lake Superior —
• Bonefish on the Islamorada Flats: Learning to See the Gray Ghost —
• Rainbow Trout on the Naknek River: Bead Season in the Alaskan Territory —
• Yellowtail at the Coronado Islands: A San Diego Morning in Mexican Water —
• Largemouth Bass on Lake El Salto: Fishing Mexico’s Flooded Timber —
• Striped Bass in the Cape Cod Canal: The Bicycle Crowd at First Light —
• Summer Steelhead on the Deschutes: Swinging Flies in an Oregon Canyon —
• Speckled Trout in the Laguna Madre: Wade Fishing the Texas Gulf Coast —
• Smallmouth Bass in Door County: Lake Michigan Goes Flat Calm —
• Sockeye Salmon on the Kenai River: Elbow Room in the Alaskan Territory —
• Fluke Fishing the Jersey Shore: The Drift Nobody Wanted to Break —
• Tarpon Fishing the Florida Keys: A Bridge and an Outgoing Tide —
• Giant Trevally in Fiji: Thirty Seconds at the Reef Pass —
• Roosterfish on the East Cape: Baja’s Best Beach Fight —
• Golden Trout in the High Sierra and the Long Walk Up —
• Lake Erie Walleye and the Bottom-Bouncer Truce —
• Louisiana Marsh Redfish and the Tailing Hour —
• The Downrigger Diplomat —
• Rockfish and the Lighthouse Bet —
• Halibut Weather in the Last Frontier —
• First Light on a Maine Point —
• The Cooler That Wouldn’t Close —
• Dawn Patrol and the Thermos Rule —
• Twenty Minutes in the Blue —