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 major pro bass fishing tours reacted to the omnipresence of forward-facing sonar last year with new rules for 2025. So, ...

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.

The upcoming three-day weekend is historically the biggest “lake event” of the year, but striped bass anglers shouldn’t let ...

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

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

Entering the Championship Round at B&W Trailer Hitches Heavy Hitters All-Star Tournament at Smith Mountain Lake, pro angler ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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