You could use one of those fancy side-scan sonar depth finders with the new underwater fish-eye orthographic readouts. Or you could go cut a switch of bamboo and do a little cane-pole fishing. If you ...

Daylight was only a pale promise on the horizon as Walker Cline and I pulled away from a dock on Indian Lake in western Ohio. It was completely calm and a heavy haze hung low over the water. Walker ...

When an angler hooks into a large fish, it’s exciting to see and hear the fish take out line as it battles to get off the hook. But what if you don’t have a reel on your rod that allows the fish to ...

Discover how to fish with cane poles and about the different bait types. In this episode, we learn about fishing with cane poles, the basics of different bait types, and safety tips for when fishing ...

Roy Heilman Special to The Free Press Sep 7, 2025 Sep 7, 2025 Coming off of last week’s mushrooming triumph, I felt inspired to do something else that was new to me. Luckily, the perfect thing was ...

This story, “Flipjacking,” appeared in the November 1956 issue of Outdoor Life. Daylight was only a pale promise on the horizon as Walker Cline and I pulled away from a dock on Indian Lake in western ...