May 20th, 2012 Today I had Mike, Teri and Toby Mertens along with there grandson Keaton Kurtz-Mertens out for a 4 hour boat on Lake Chelan. We did real well on the laketrout with boating eleven but the highlight of the day is when the 4 lb. Rainbow hit the surface Rod..What a Battle on [...]

Once again here in the Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama the action is absolutely on FIRE!!!! The yearly cycle of spawning bait and the following huge schools of Yellowfin Tunas is reaching it’s apex. It has come a little late this year, usually reaching it’s pinnacle in late March or April, much ...

It's National Safe Boating Week. Are life jackets a part of your boating experience?...

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Saturday (May 19, 2012) was the first day of National Safe Boating Week, ...

Jeff Hemmel reviewed this new for 2012 fishable cruiser from Boston Whaler, and he says it stays true to their unsinkable heritage. From the review team at Boats.com. Read Jeff’s detailed 2012 Boston Whaler 315 Conquest Boat Test Notes Transcript of Boats.com’s Video Boat Review Old salts ...

We fished on 5-17-12 with Jon Allen, His Dad Bill, Phil ,Jack G ,Jack K and Chris (Monkey). We arrived outside the inlet at 6:30 and started trolling 2.5 miles NE of the inlet 52 degrees and clean water there were a few birds picking and we were marking bait scattered in the area we [...]

May 18th, 2012 Another Very Productive day of Laketrout Fishing on Lake Chelan..We started our adventure along the South Shoreline in the Lower Basin and ended on Mack Bar!!! We Boated 11 Laketrout in 4 hours and had numerous other Bites. The Ace Hi-Fly by Silverhorde along with the Invisaswivels in ...

There are a lot of great spring boat shows this weekend, including SailQuest in Connecticut...

Today at the SailQuest boat show in Milford, CT. © Andrew Canepari / Nautical Sites Media SailQuest. MarinaFest. Which one is the best?

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In case you’re keeping score at home, Strike King’s latest deep-diving crankbait has won anglers more than $250,000 in B.A.S.S. tournaments alone — in less than two months. The 6XD (Series 6, eXtra Deep) was pivotal for Jeremy Starks as he long-lined his way to a $100,000 pay day (part of which ...

For some reason, novelists and fishing just seem to go together in Florida (see: Hemingway, Ernest), and a mystery writer based out of Sanibel Island is taking on the tarpon tournament circuit. Randy Wayne White, author of Sanibel Flats, and others, also happens to be an owner of  Doc Ford Rum Bar ...

Last week, Matthew Faulkner headed to Specimen Lake, located in the Mill Farm complex in West Sussex, England. Unable to coerce any bites, he met up with a friend who was having great success with smaller fish at one of the neighboring lakes at Mill Farm. Faulkner’s buddy lent him one of his extra ...

We knew that this catch was destined to turn up some interesting story lines, and the folks over at Bass Parade have discovered a very interesting wrinkle. Rodney Ply landed a 68-plus-pound striped bass fishing Bull Shoals in Arkansas. Smartly, he registered for Mustad Hooks “Hook-a-Million” ...

When you think fishing in New Jersey, you usually think hitting the shore for some saltwater action, but anglers looking for a big battle might want to think a little off the grid. One of New Jersey’s best freshwater gamefish are the lowly carp, and the big ones are hitting right now. According ...

The Suncoast Kingfish Classic in Florida brings the area’s best anglers in search of monster kingfish in the Tampa Bay area, and it took anglers aboard the Walleye II to catch the new tournament record. John Thomas landed a 58.04-pound king mackerel, besting both the controversial 54-pound record ...

Here’s a Video Boat Review from the Boats.com review team of the Starcraft Starfish. Reviewer Lenny Rudow calls it a “family-friendly fishing platform.” Read Lenny’s Starcraft Starfish 176 Boat Test Notes Video Boat Review Transcript There’s only one thing I love more than ...

Lions, Tigers, Leopards, Jaguars, and Cougars, Outdoor Life has tangled with them all. Check out our best covers of big cats here!

Photograph by Jon Barr This week I sat down with my coworker David Weinstein, who—despite somewhat limited mountaineering experience—is attempting to scale Mount Rainier in a few weeks. Now, let me be perfectly clear: climbing Rainier is not for the faint of heart. If you’ve ever flown to Seattle, ...

The world ends not with a bang but a whimper? Some Mayan cataclysm? Ha! Judging by the following events, I’m guessing the world meets its doom in 2012 via crazy plagues of animals. Doubt my prediction? Behold the invasion thus far! (Ok, we don’t really think the world is going to end due ...

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Several months ago I had a business trip that took me to a really cool place called Honey Lake Plantation (www.honeylakeplantation.com).  The plantation is towards the southern end of the Red Hills region that spans South Georgia through North Florida.  The towns of Thomasville, Monticello and Tallahassee ...

Testing the Altai "skishoes" in Washington's Cascades; Photograph by Steve Graeppel I’m lazy. That is, I’d rather run 50k than ski it. The simplicity of lacing up and heading out has always been my bias. The rub? I like to play in my sandbox all year long. So I’ve got ...