Nick Hatfield shocks field at 2025 BPT Heavy Hitters on Smith Mountain Lake with a SPRO Aruku Shad lipless crankbait, landing $110K and his first BPT win.

The shores of Lake Ontario have recently become the final resting place for thousands of small, silver fish, alarming residents.

Nick Hatfield wins $110,000 in catch-and-release pro tournament that officials hope will boost the profile of Smith Mountain ...

Residents have spotted an unusual number of dead fish up and down the Lake Ontario shoreline in Niagara-on-the-Lake this ...

“Many people believe fish spawn earlier than they do.” Lake Anna’s stripers and hybrids behave like migratory, spawning fish, cueing in on things like freshening spring rains that elevate ...

On the broad, flat flood plain where Blydenburgh Park's Stump Pond used to be, wild grasses have sprouted from the ...

As time passes, Virginians are further and further removed from a time when American shad were culturally and economically relevant.

Recently, the lake was stocked with F1 Florida bass and is now considered Virginia’s best fishery. Blueback herring help the cause, but there’s a diverse forage base, producing loads of bass. Smith ...

Many Shenandoah Valley anglers rate smallmouths as their favorite gamefish. Others often prefer trout or largemouth bass. But ...

Hatfield wasn’t the only angler to leave Smith Mountain with a six-figure payday. While Jeff Sprague caught just two scorable bass on the day, one of them tipped the scales at 6-2. More than a pound ...

The Chesapeake Bay has a big blue catfish problem. But one photographer thinks that catching, killing, and selling blue cats ...