The Missouri Department of Conservation invites residents to donate live Christmas trees through January 31 at five central Missouri locations. MDC Fisheries Biologist Brian McKeage explains that submerged trees provide essential habitat and cover for fish species and aquatic invertebrates.
To commemorate that period of discovery of this early adventurer, the ADCNR is teaming up with Auburn University to highlight Bartram’s travels through Alabama with a traveling display being showcased at 12 Alabama State Parks.
Participants will be given a demonstration on how to tie a fly, make a swim jig, and paint lures before having the opportunity to create their own lures to bring home.
The annual Yankee Sportsman’s Classic show will be held January 16, 17 and 18 at the Champlain Valley Expo in Essex Junction, and the VFWD invites you to visit their exhibits and attend their seminars at the show.
Scientists at William & Mary's Batten School and VIMS are studying how invasive blue catfish, introduced in the 1970s, are damaging native species and blue crab populations in Virginia waters. Researchers led by Professor Mary Fabrizio and Marine Business Specialist Shelby White are exploring commercial harvesting and consumer marketing strategies while coordinating with state agencies and interstate working groups to address the ecological crisis.
Stocking remains a crucial tool for supporting or rebuilding striped bass populations across coastal river systems where natural reproduction is not adequate to maintain stocks of this popular gamefish.
Florida's Apalachicola Bay has reopened to limited oyster harvest for the first time since 2020 after an extensive $38 million FWC restoration and management effort.
Captain Bryan DeHart hosted a red drum satellite-tagging trip where his daughter Joy and her classmate Bella Huntingford caught fish for tagging. One satellite tag was later stolen by another drum caught by angler Shawn Ganslein with Captain Chris McDonald, eventually ending up on a third fish named Wilbur caught by Carolina All Out host Chris Douglas.
The Gulf Council will hold three in-person and one webinar public hearings to gather public comments on Draft Reef Fish Amendment 58A: Modifications to Shallow-Water Grouper Management Measures.
The Gulf Council will hold three in-person hearings and one webinar to gather public comments on Draft Reef Fish Amendment 58A regarding shallow-water grouper management. The amendment proposes splitting the Other Shallow-Water Grouper complex and adjusting catch limits for scamp and Yellowmouth Grouper based on new stock assessments.
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission approved a 20% increase in black sea bass harvest limits for 2026-2027, the first liberalization since 2012. Black sea bass biomass has reached its highest level since 1990 and continues to trend upward.
The Frantz Lake State Wildlife Area near Salida is a wonderful spot for both seasoned anglers and beginners alike, featuring a friendly atmosphere for quick getaways.
The Cutt-Slam is a fishing challenge in which anglers catch and document the state’s four native subspecies of cutthroat trout — Bonneville, Colorado River, Snake River and Yellowstone — in their native drainages.
Cuda Fishing, in partnership with Mark Zona, has introduced a new titanium tools line for 2025, featuring the Mark Zona Series 8.75" Ti Needle Nose Split Ring Pliers, 5.25" Ti Mini Snip, 3" Ti Micro Scissor, and 5.5" Ti Bonded Large Braid Shear designed for durability and performance.
The Halibut Derby kicked off on January 1 and runs through March 31, and includes more than $1,000 in great monthly prizes provided by a host of sponsors.
AnglerSurvey invites anglers to complete a 10-minute survey about fishing activities and purchases during October, November, and December 2025. Five respondents will be selected to receive $100 gift cards to outdoor retailers of their choice.
Yamamoto Baits has expanded its popular Hinge Minnow line with three new sizes (3", 5", and 7") and introduced the Uni, an urchin-style bait featuring bulbed appendages and custom TPE formula for enhanced action and buoyancy.
Big Bite Baits and SteelShad have released new lures including the McMoney Jig designed by pro Mike McClelland, the Alloy Blade, and the SteelShad Coastal Series with premium saltwater hardware and VMC hooks.
Bonehead Tackle, part of GSM Outdoors, introduced two new fishing products: the Tangle-Free Weight designed to eliminate wrapped lines, and the Crappie Scope Head featuring a lead keel for stable horizontal presentation with Mustad hooks.
The right pair of fishing gloves can protect anglers from cold weather, sun exposure, and fishing-related injuries involving hooks, fillet knives, wire leaders, or fish fins/teeth/spines.
Ted served as CCA Florida’s first employee and executive director for 23 years. He dedicated his life to protecting Florida’s coastal resources and fisheries.
David Schluter, the co-owner of well-known Wisconsin-based fishing rod brand St. Croix, passed away suddenly last week, the company announced Monday. Schluter was 61.
Northland Tackle announces several proven favorite baits with new sizes and colors and the all-new Manitoba Mullet jig, a horizontal-presenting, synthetic-hair bait designed to target large predators like trout, pike, and muskies.
The permits are issued each year through a lottery and are required to float the 59-mile section of river between Camp Baker and Eden Bridge. Parties of up to 15 people can float with one permit.
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission is meeting virtually at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 9 to consider advisory committee appointment recommendations and hear a briefing on the ongoing development of the WDFW’s Game Management Plan.
Since Jan. 1, all anglers age 15 and older have been required to buy a Columbia River salmon and steelhead endorsement (CRSSE) to fish recreationally for salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River and many of its Washington tributaries.
The National Fish Habitat Partnership is recruiting three candidates to join its 28-member Board composed of federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private industry representatives. Board members support the National Network of Fish Habitat Partnerships, review project submissions, and establish national conservation priorities. Applications are due by December 31, 2025.
Waypoint TV, the leading destination for premium outdoor lifestyle and adventure storytelling, today announced its addition to Free Live Sports (FLS), the rapidly growing free sports streaming platform from Sports Studio Inc.
Yamaha Marine launches the "Ready for Reliability" sales event from January 5 through March 31, 2026, offering extended warranty coverage and dealer credits on eligible four-stroke outboards. Customers purchasing 30-350 hp models can add two years of Y.E.S. coverage, while 425-450 hp buyers receive two additional years on top of five years of standard coverage.
Back by popular demand, “Major League Fishing Saturdays” returns to Outdoor Channel every Saturday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET. There’s no better block of competitive bass fishing programming anywhere.
Celebrate the challenge and excitement of coastal fishing adventures on World Fishing Network every Thursday night during “Reel Coast Thursdays,” a promo lineup starting at 6 p.m. ET that spotlights a colorful variety of fishing pursuits and destinations
MyOutdoorTV has what diehard hunters and bass anglers want – HuntStream and the Bass Channel featuring Major League Fishing – two absolutely dialed-in, live scheduled streaming channels, and now this programming is made universally available to MyOutdoorTV’s paid subs.
The Gulf Great White Shark Society is asking for help from the public, offshore workers, anglers, divers, and mariners to document great white shark sightings in the Gulf—past or present.
The new Berkley Power Vibe is a flavored soft plastic swimbait that fishes like a jig, flutter spoon or vibrating crankbait.
Berkley continues a long line of very effective lures based on their extensive tank testing with the new PowerBait Power Vibe, a single-hook vibrating soft swimbait with the company’s well-known flavoring built in.
The lure is available in four sizes, 1.5”, 2.25” 3” and 3.75”. They’re all really good imitations of the favorite food of bass and crappies, the threadfin shad, sized so that you can follow the growth of this widespread baitfish from late summer into winter.
Crappies seem particularly impressed with the two smaller sizes, while the 3” and 3.75” are very effective on largemouths.
The unusual feature of these lures other than the built-in scent and lifelike shape is the amazing vibration they produce thanks to the thick profile and fluttering tail—fishing them on a pull-and-drop presentation feels much like fishing a Rat-L-Trap or Cordell Spot.
The lures have two advantages over lipless cranks, though—first, the single hook, facing upward, makes them very unlikely to snag, even in tree tops, and they’re readily “ripped” through soft grassy cover like hydrilla.
Second, of course, is the soft body and built-in taste—when a fish takes hold, they hang on long enough for a good hook set. The body is molded right on the hook so it stays put, too.
The only issue I’ve had with them here on Guntersville is that the scent makes them very attractive to the ubiquitous blue catfish, white bass and fresh water drum that also hang around the shad schools in winter. Get around one of the vast bait schools—which are sometimes a couple hundred yards wide and 10 feet deep here when water temperatures in the 40’s push everything into the deep creek channels—and it’s a fish on every cast, but you never know if it will be a spot, a largie or something with whiskers.
Also, because the baits are dense for their size, they sink fast, which makes them less than ideal for FFS targeting on suspended bass, though they work fine for crappie schooled deeper. They’re ideal for anywhere you’d use a flutter spoon or lipless crank.
Since I’m mostly an all-release angler, I like the single Berkley Fusion 19 hook, too—much easier to deal with than multiple trebles on hard baits.
They’re available in 14 colors—the “Dirty Dime” is the most shad-like, while the HD Bluegill should be a winner in the shallows in summer.
Crosspoint Waterproof Knit Wool Gloves bring the comfort of wool to waterproof gloves flexible enough to allow easy casting.
There’s a slice of weather that seems uncomfortable no matter what you have on your hands, especially if you’re an angler, boater or waterfowler. Cold rain, damp wind and early mornings when the thermometer hovers in the 40s. You could stay home but you probably won’t. Heavy insulated gloves are clumsy—casting is impossible. Fingerless gloves are too cold. Wool gets too wet.
Crosspoint Waterproof Knit Wool Gloves are built for that in-between.
Surprisingly, they don’t “feel” like waterproof gloves. The knit shell stretches easily, closer to a thick sock than traditional outerwear, and that matters when you’re thumbing a reel, setting decoys, or working a boat cleat. Dexterity stays intact. Under the knit, a three-layer waterproof-breathable construction keeps rain and spray out without trapping sweat inside.
The merino wool liner adds warmth to take the bite off chilly conditions without turning your hands numb or bulky. Silicone grip patches on the palms and fingers help when things get slick, whether it’s a cork handle, paddle shaft, or wet dock line.
Touchscreen compatibility is often advertised and rarely delivered. With these gloves the conductive thumb and index finger actually register on phones and GPS units, which saves you from barehanding electronics in bad weather.
They’re available in multiple sizes so you can get a close fit, essential in a glove used for casting—they feel like a second skin when you choose the right size.
These gloves aren’t meant for deep winter, obviously. They’ll be best at roughly high 30’s to 50 degrees, when moisture—not cold—is the real enemy. They’re a sensible piece of kit for anglers and hunters who spend more time dealing with wet conditions than snow, and who want their hands to keep working when the weather turns disagreeable. Price is around $60, steep for gloves but they appear to be durable if you don’t stick hooks in them.
