'The annual Murphy Lake Pike Pull and what it represents is my kind of ice fishing contest,' writes columnist Tom Lounsbury.

Damming the Guadalupe River in the Hill Country west of New Braunfels began in the 1960s. A new lake would be called Canyon Lake.

Lure fishing is driving junior participation in ...

On Feb. 5, Travis J. McCullough reeled in a 14.35-pound largemouth bass at Fort Phantom Hill Lake, a 4,213-acre reservoir in Jones County about seven miles north of Abilene. The fish measured 25 ...

The New River Gorge is ancient and looming in a way that makes you feel small and insignificant. It’s hard to explain until ...

A Texas angler and the big bass he calls “Queen Bertha” are back in the news again. He's caught the fish three times in four ...

Labor Day weekend marked a special occasion for Florida anglers this year as two highly anticipated fishing seasons opened simultaneously. The recreational snook and snapper seasons have officially ...

John Badman is a 1982 graduate of SIU-Carbondale, with a major in cinema and photography and a minor in law enforcement administration of justice. He has worked at The Telegraph in Alton full-time for ...

I’ve told myself at the beginning of this year that I wasn’t going to fish so many days in a row. Well, I’ve been blessed with lots of fishing, but right now I’m looking forward to a couple days away ...