Striped bass conservation starts before a fish ever comes tight. The right release plan is not a guilt trip; it is a practical fishing skill, just like reading current seams or setting drag. If you want more stripers around for … Read the rest
Stop Fishing the Same Water All Day Flatheads Are Changing Depth After Dark
Flatheads do not spend an entire September day waiting in one depth for an angler to find them. If you want to catch flathead catfish consistently in Florida right now, think in two parts: where the fish hold in daylight, … Read the rest
Live Imaging Sonar for Catfish Gear Choices
Live imaging sonar has become one of the loudest gear conversations in catfish angling, and for good reason: seeing movement in real time changes how anglers spend boat time. But the best lesson from recent Blue Catfish research is not … Read the rest
September Bass Movement: Deep Water Tactics
September Bass Movement is the part of late-summer fishing that can make a good angler look lost by lunch. The fish may start on deep humps, reefs, islands, or channel breaks, then slide toward creek arms, flats, vegetation, or bait … Read the rest
Live-Imaging Sonar Tactics For Black Bass
Live-imaging sonar has changed how many black bass anglers make decisions, but recent tournament research gives us a clear coaching cue: the screen is a tool, not a free pass. I treat it like a heart-rate monitor in training. It … Read the rest
Escambia River Catfish Are Biting Hard and September May Keep It Going
September has arrived in Northwest Florida, but the Escambia River has not received the message that summer catfishing should be winding down. The current Escambia River channel catfish bite remains strong, and the more useful story is not which bait … Read the rest
Sam Rayburn low water Tournament Game Plan
Sam Rayburn low water can turn a tournament day into a conditioning test with rods, reels, and stumps. On September 5-6, 2026, the reservoir level was reported around 155.00-155.02 feet, roughly 9.35-9.40 feet below the 164.40-foot full pool mark on … Read the rest
Fish Behavior Changes NOAA Angler Tactics
Fish behavior changes are no longer something anglers can shrug off as a weird bite window or one slow tide. NOAA’s latest assessments point to fish shifting where they find suitable water, especially along the U.S. East Coast and across … Read the rest
Florida’s Trophy Flatheads Are Quietly Rewriting North Florida Rivers
A big flathead catfish is exactly the kind of fish that makes an angler forget everything else living in the river for a few minutes. But recent North Florida flathead catfish sampling is raising a harder question: what happens when … Read the rest
How Florida Catfish Tournament Teams Can Build A Better Practice Day In 2026
A productive Florida catfish tournament practice day should answer more than one question. Finding fish matters, but tournament teams need to learn which water levels, depths, bait presentations and travel routes make those fish repeatable. A single large flathead found … Read the rest