Unlike many pundits and fans, I thought that the 2005 Bassmaster Classic on the Three Rivers of Pittsburgh was one of the best of the last 30 years. If you’re a Yinzer check out the fishing apparel from Fish Local.

Here’s a sampling of articles about one of our newest passions — topwater fishing for yellowfin tuna — particularly in Panama. Check them out and you may want to book a trip with us. We’re headed back in 2024.

How about a shop half-dedicated to Slow Pitch Jigging called “Hookers and Blow”? Now you’ve caught my attention.

Gyotaku is the art of Japanese fish prints dating back to the 1800s. Some modern artists have taken up the craft and it’s a great way to replicate your trophy fish or show your respect through appropriate hats, shirts and shorts.

Hotspot Design in Italy offers up a hat, shirt and boardshorts that’ll help you blend in with Giant Trevally, even if it’s just in your dreams. We’ll get there sooner or later.

I’ve already written about how to maximize a trip to Fogo de Chao, but recent visits have gotten me thinking about how to further enhance your next trip to Brazil’s little bit of culinary heaven. After experiencing lots of rookies booger up the process, I thought it was high time to explain the “unwritten rules.”

Since I’m a fish replica groupie and general fan of wildlife, I’m particularly interested in the taxidermy and related items at outdoors shows. Here are some of my favorites from the 2024 Nashville SCI extravaganza.

Google’s algorithm must think I’m an absolute freak – or in need of ever-increasing jolts of dopamine – because they keep on feeding me weirder and weirder suggestions. Many of them are related to fishing, travel and wildlife, so I know that they have my best interests at heart.

While the bass world may be focused on hawgs, the farmers on the saltwater side seem to prefer cattle, as both giant tuna and giant stripers are referred to as COWS. If you’re all about the bovine fishing lifestyle and want the world to know it, check out some of these apparel and decals.

Texas has their own state bass — a feisty little stream brawler that lives in the central part of the state — The Guadalupe. Check out some of the merch dedicated to this special species.

Jet skis can be fun, but there are times when irresponsible riders make us wish there was an open season on those buzzing annoyances.

If you’re salty and you know it (or possibly in recovery) advertise your addiction. These NaCl-flavored clothing brands can help you show off your love of saltwater fishing.

The Napoleon Wrasse – also known as the Maori Wrasse or Humphead Wrasse,— haunts my dreams. They live in really exotic places like the Seychelles, New Caledonia, the Maldives and Andamans. I won’t get a shot at one for a while so here are some apparel items in their honor.

I love me some HGTV. Watching the design shows inspires me for our not-so-far-way plan to build our retirement home. I’m constantly gathering home décor ideas. Perhaps I have found some pieces to get us started thanks to Great Blue Heron Furniture of Texas

I was Chad Morgenthaler’s net boy for the day at Okeechobee — at least it was a team tournament. I’m glad he hasn’t seen this t-shirt.

Did Jimi Hendrix fish? Does it matter? He and his compositions live on in the angling world over a half century after his death.

It’s Super Bowl Sunday. I have no interest in either team, and as always I have fishing on the brain, so I take an angling-centric approach to the analysis. Here are some nuggets of information and ephemera that may help my fellow fishermen choose a side.

Did you know that legendary southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd had their own topwater lure? There’s at least some limited photographic evidence that the band liked to fish but I don’t know if they were hard core about it.

As a kid from a non-fishing family, at a time before competitive collegiate fishing really existed, I wouldn’t have known to look for fishing opportunities in college. However, if you or some young person you know is headed off to higher education, and loves to fish, consider some of these options.

We’ve all said it — now two-time Bassmaster Classic champ allows you to fully rep the idea that it’s not your fault, you’re just fishing on a terrible lake.