Field Notes

Destinations

Where to fish across the country: trips, waters, and what to expect.

Tahoe City, CA

Lake Tahoe Fishing: Mackinaw in the Deep, Kokanee on the Troll, and the Truckee River Below

Lake Tahoe is the deepest lake in the Sierra Nevada, 1,645 feet of crystal-clear water holding mackinaw lake trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, and kokanee salmon. The Truckee River below adds a blue-ribbon trout stream to the package.

South Padre Island, TX

South Padre Island Fishing: What You Can Catch Here That You Can't Catch Anywhere Else in Texas

South Padre Island sits on the Lower Laguna Madre, one of six hypersaline lagoons on the planet, with the only fishable snook population outside Florida and tarpon rolling through Brazos Santiago Pass.

San Francisco, CA

The Angler's Guide to San Francisco Fishing

San Francisco Bay, the Pacific coast, the Farallon Islands, the Sacramento Delta, the fishing here is as varied as the city. Here's a species-by-species breakdown of what to target and where.

Branson, MO

Branson Fishing: A Bass Lake and a Trout River Within Sight of Each Other

Branson sits between Table Rock Lake, one of the best bass lakes in the Midwest, and Lake Taneycomo, a cold-water tailwater holding rainbow and brown trout year-round. Two completely different fisheries, five minutes apart.

Apalachicola, FL

Apalachicola Fishing: Old Florida, World-Class Oysters, and Fish That Haven't Heard of Fishing Pressure

Apalachicola sits on Florida's Forgotten Coast, undeveloped, unhurried, and holding redfish and trout in water that most of the state's anglers drive right past.