An assortment of rods and reels at Bass Pro Shops at the Gulf Coast Town Center during the store’s 2011 Spring Fishing Classic on Saturday, Feb.

It takes a pretty big fish to get eclectic angler Drew Beaty’s knees to knock. After all, he’s used to landing carp averaging about 12 to 14 pounds.

Several anglers will remember the good old days, when a search of stripers would mean three on the “stringer” to take home.

Born and raised in southeast Louisiana, Captain Dude!!! Dudenhefer has lived most of his life on the bayou.

Brian Lawerence of Clermont with the 26-inch mackerel he caught while fishing on the Anna Maria City Pier.

You can walk in the footsteps of giants just by running a search for the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame, in Hayward, Wis.

Al Conary of Orland spent a lot of time pondering, plotting and planning before committing himself to building what he figured would be the ultimate ice-fishing shack.

Growing up two blocks away from McCrea Park in Oakland, Chris Korich says his young friends mostly steered clear of the “cranky old guys” at the casting pools.

A press release from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources : Minnesota’s ice fishing shelter removal dates are fast approaching.

Mark Yuasa covers fishing and outdoors in the Pacific Northwest. A Seattle native, Mark is a lifelong angler who grew up near the banks of Lake Washington, and has been covering fishing and outdoors for more than 19 years for The Seattle Times.

Despite the warnings about poor ice conditions on Lake Winnebago, the fourth annual Battle on ‘Bago went off without a hitch Saturday.

Minnesota’s ice-fishing shelter removal dates are fast approaching. Dark houses, fish houses and portables must be off the ice of inland waters no later than midnight on March 7 in the southern two-thirds of the state and March 21 in the northern third…