Recent Hunting And Fishing Articles

Congress Takes Aim at the World's Most Brazen Maritime Cheaters For decades, American fishermen — from the red snapper captains working the Gulf of Mexico to the crab and salmon fleets anchored off Alaska — have watched foreign vessels strip the world's oceans with something close to impunity. The

Frankenfish Rising: How Bowfishing Became the Front Line Against the Chesapeake's Most Notorious Invader After dark on the Potomac River, somewhere near Quantico, Virginia, the water tells a different story than it does in daylight. A boat moves slowly through shallow tributaries. The river buzzes

The Fish That Broke Washington: How a Red Snapper Season Became a Federal Showdown Somewhere off the coast of St. Augustine, in water roughly 150 feet deep, a red snapper was putting up the kind of fight that keeps saltwater anglers booking charters months in advance. The angler on the other end o

5 Best Baits for Fishing the Bass Spawn Image credit: Flux.1 Few moments in freshwater fishing rival the bass spawn — a brief, predictable window ea

The Fall of the Reef Donkey: How the Gulf's Greater Amberjack Fishery Collapsed — and What Comes Next For anyone who has ever dropped a heavy jig to the bottom around a Gulf of Mexico oil platform and felt what happens next — the sudden, freight-train surge, the burning drag, the rod bent nearly t

7 Underrated Western US Fishing Destinations Image credit: Flux.1 The American West is legendary fishing country, but most anglers end up crowding t

Oregon's PEACE Act: The Ballot Initiative That Would Criminalize Hunting, Fishing, and the American Outdoor Way of Life It started as a fringe idea championed by a small circle of Portland-based animal rights activists. Now it's a genuine political flashpoint with national implications. A petition

The Return of the Trophy: How Trump's Second Term Is Reshaping America's Role in Elephant Hunting For decades, the question of whether an American sportsman should be permitted to fly to southern Africa, kill one of the world's most intelligent animals, and ship its head home as a decoration has s

The New Rules of the Hunt: What Every American Big-Game Hunter Must Know Before the 2026–2027 Season There was a time when returning from a successful African safari meant little more than coordinating with a taxidermist, packing your gear, and booking the flight home. Those days are gone. Interna

The 10 Most Instagrammable Fishing Lakes in North America Image credit: OpenAI North America is home to some of the most breathtaking freshwater sce