This week, Trout Routes creator Zach Pope gives you something ethical to plug into your fish brains, we sell you bogus waypoints to increase our Mexican boat fund, and follow Bluefish Billy around in an immortal rubber dinghy.
This week, angling power couple Oliver Ngy and Riley Kolich beg you to stop throwing lures that you know work, we go marlin trolling with Vince Neil, trespass to fish the grassy knoll, and don Pit Vipers for nocturnal Murray cod ops.
Learn how to cook a fine piece of fish while wearing an even finer pair of jorts with Nate P. of “Shorelunch With Nate P.”
This week, Nate P. and Erik S. of “Shorelunch With Nate P.” discuss living in my basement and why snakeheads have the sweetest breath, we soak clams for dogfish during an arugula tornado, soil our pants in pursuit of Goodwill flatware, and frolic on the beach despite nearly dying of smoke inhalation.
This week, 13-year-old Deighan Cherry of Fly Girl Global reveals the secret pumpkin spice nymph, we discuss the finer points of little brothers ruing our vise sessions, miss on stripers but hit on pizza big time, and find out how to bond over bass and hockey in one trip to TGI Friday’s.
This week, streamer tying OG Brian Wise explains why Power Bait is only for rich kids, we catch the trophy stripers that have eaten all Brian’s trophy brown trout, don 20-year-old Schlitz waders and head to the Gypsy Lounge, and learn why New Jersey anglers will soon invade Arkansas.
This week, veteran artist Mike Sudal proves the pen is mightier than your basic understanding of fishing, we agree we’re not nice enough to live in the Driftless Region, discuss whether AI is the solution to your grip-and-grin problems, and catch a 72-pound striper with an old phone cord.
This week, Bassmaster Editor-in-Chief, James Hall, explains how his love of largemouths has led him to awkward situations with naked Japanese men, we discuss whether modern electronics are ruining professional male cheerleading, and ruin perfectly good flies with sexual graffiti.
This week, veteran captain Frank Campbell pilots the Bayliner of death over Niagara Falls, we trust an ancient rope over a cliff to lead us to teenaged salmon glory, find out where to catch steelhead with teddy bear eyes, and indulge in all-you-can eat macaroni salad.
This week, Old Town’s Ryan Lilly gets snake charmed and hip to pork roll, we discuss why a Costco kayak isn’t good for catching sailfish 5 miles off, explain why you’re exceeding the weight limit of that mega-yacht, and call the Coast Guard but ask them not to tell our boss we did bad stuff.
This week, Joe and his best friend, Mark Wizeman, record a 20-year reunion in Pelletheadville, bicker over how Mark’s entire family owes its trout skills to Joe, discuss the worse sound a ’96 GMC Jimmy has ever made, and cook a PB brown on scorching asphalt.
This week, rough fish aficionado Tyler Winter talks the art of sucker punching, we judge you for judging our fillet table skills, coordinate outfits and then drench them in carp blood, and clear up the confusion about why you don’t really need to kill 200 gar a night.
This week, Jimmy Fee, “Neighbor” Steve McIntyre, and Captain Eric Kerber load into the Bunka to snort the sweet essence of American shad slime, we fail history class and make asses out of ourselves in front of the entire Pacific Northwest, and bump a record fish off the line with a hair dryer.
This week, swimbait master Keith Thomas of Black Talon Custom Lures explains why you need to think like an android to score a Donk, we meet the angriest jon boat evangelist in the church of Facebook Marketplace, and burn a pack of heaters with the KVD of Northeast Philly.
This week, John Frazier strips into 2 million dollars worth of nose candy while bonefishing in paradise, we find out why Bonzo is gonzo for Smallmouth Puffs, ask how much you tip a guide that put you on a cartel’s radar, and show Dirty Socks Dave some divine mercy at the Playboy Casino.
This week, surfcasting guru “Crazy” Alberto Knie talks non-human hours and surprise record stripers, we emulate the Baja 500 after Snooki has an oopsy in her BMW, explain how time and tide don’t wait for chest-beating fishermen, and get a better parking spot on a river via lies and deceit.
This week, four victims face their demons captured by a tackle shop Polaroid camera. Haunting pasts are exposed, allegations are denied, and along the way we’ll tell you how not to impress your work buddies with an orange trout, why you should wear a helmet when you fish, and how drunk you need to be to steal another man’s ugly T-shirt.
This week, guide Marty Yi heads to Jersey to pick spinners out of trees and get a bleak look at stocker culture, we floss wild rainbows and mouse for Alaskan dog salmon, purposely dull the hooks of paying customers, and discuss winter depression rates in Trout Town, USA.
This week, Joe’s uncle Bud stops by with a cautionary tale about the lure business and scheduling fishing around weddings, we get frostbite on the 17th hole and blow an easy par 4 crappie shot, add some red flake to the gas tank of a salmon slaying machine, and check in on a legendary hog roper in a lawn chair.
This week, Miles Nolte links in to shatter your perception of New Zealand trout fishing with a dirty soccer ball and a meaty pocket pie, we show up late to a crab boil and leave with stale Corn Flakes, burn our fingers on sizzling hot snakes, and disappoint everyone with changes in turd direction.
This week, Ben Sittig, a.k.a. the Huge Flyfisherman, beams in to take stock of your stocker pursuits and cane pole ability, we explain why being a guide doesn’t make you specialer than anyone else, profile a trout slaying Hans Klopek, and ruin a good baitcaster with bad 70s porno references.
This week, “Iron” Bill Veldof and Captain Eric Kerber fire the kitty cannon into enemy shad territory, we discuss whether nunchucks or katanas are better protection for urban fishing assaults, huff lead fumes in a closet we’re renting, and fondly remember the good days of bad tackle shop customer service.
This week, John Frazier and I destroy a Montana Presidential Suite with Mr. Bubble and size 1/0 moth patterns, stroll the streets of Marrakesh looking for a Wulff in sheep’s clothing, find trout heaven behind a gas station, and ruin a perfectly good paint job for a sick shot, bro.
This week, Captain Frank Crescitelli explains why catching an article of women’s clothing used to be a requirement for an NYC slam, we discuss a robbery involving a fluke in a Tupperware container, bond over a little boat job we pulled on a lawn in Delaware, and then go soak some salmon eggs with ya motha.
This week, guide Drew Price teaches us how to pair a deep respect for an underdog species with the perfect Vermont cheese, we rig up a can of Diet Coke and explain why brown trout are too dumb to eat it, Jerry Garcia gives us the evil eye and hexes all future fishing endeavors, and then we thwart anaphylactic shock with smoked pork products.
This week, Nate P. of “Shore Lunch with Nate P.” beams in to explain why Texas rigs are perfect when you have a really long walk to the water, we reveal the hotdog-pike connection Wisconsinites don’t wan’t you to know about, and learn how to cook jambalaya in sub-Arctic temperatures.
This week, savant fly designer Carl Harris uses math to make you question your long-rodding values, we learn how watching “Party Of Five” can help you catch more stripers, and then we move into an abandoned school bus and feast on smallmouth seasoned with rust and social anxiety.
This week, Hayden Sammak rolls into the Bunka with a fresh kill and a recipe for not screwing up your local wild brookie population, we cure a back pain with some pumpkin spice Trout Magnets, go shad fishing with Eraser Head, and find out why you can’t hug Busta Rhymes with Euro-nymphing arms.
Grab a slice of pizza and join Captain Eric Kerber and Joe’s neighbor, Steve McIntyre, for a pre-New Year’s party featuring mudslinging over fish mugging, the worst knots of 2022, a pickerel so big you have to beat it with pliers, and a beer-fueled fishing pact sure to dissolve after a couple morning Alka Seltzers.
This week, Jimmy Fee, Cheech DeiCicchi, and Adam Eldridge of On The Water smear the studio bathroom with tequila and conger eel slime, we celebrate the holidays with a smallie-slaying church lady, and ask Santa for new Shake Weights to make alone time in our ice shanties more festive.
