The Inside Line

I love it when I start to feel that cooling in the air, because I know fall is arriving and the fishing’s gonna pick up. The fall season is my favorite time to throw topwaters, especially on western f … read more

Over the course of the last two weeks I fished with a total of seven anglers who make their living on the water. They ranged in age from 24 to 68, with the majority of them in their 40s and 50s … read more

Why do I write about fishing, sometimes to the tune of tens of thousands of words a week? It’s first and foremost … read more

On Wednesday I caught my personal-best smallmouth while fishing with Texas pro Keith Combs on a lake in the north … read more

I just spent a couple of days in Missouri fishing with Chad Morgenthaler and getting a very preliminary introduction to the Garmin electronics I’ll have on my recently-ordered boat. Watching hi … read more