Jeff Samsel Fishing

Not represented in this photo are about 50 big smallmouths caught and released on the same day! As of a yesterday, a little past luncht...

Yesterday, I recapped half a dozen specific favorite fish from 2014, so today I thought I'd highlight a few of my favorite days on the...

Toward the end of the year I always like looking back at favorite fishing trips, days on the water and specific fish. For the moment, I'...

"writes fish stories" That's my unofficial job description, and while I don't suppose it's quite complete it's...

It's always fun to top a personal best for a kind of fish. To do so two days in a row is even better. The smallmouth pictured above, w...

No, this isn't about eating bass. Instead, its about catching bass while trying to eat my lunch. I caught three chunky smallmouths t...

Mike Kelley of Flambeau with a Lake Ontario steelhead that hit a Yo-Zuri 3DB Minnow. Follow the shore. That was our approach on Lake On...

Dan Elsner of Get Bit Baits shows the sort of fish the waters around Sturgeon Bay normally produce by the dozens early in the season. ...

Well, my big bronze trip begins tomorrow, when I board a plane to fly from Atlanta to Green Bay. Travel actually includes two trips in one...

Earlier this year I was watching weather in the North, pulling for serious cold to lock up good ice for my January trip western Pennsylvania...

Eli Moscul hoists a beautiful Niagara River brown trout caught with Capt. Frank Campbell a couple of days ago. Photo courtesy of Niagara...

I'm not sure how many hundreds of pounds of fish were caught and released in Frank Campbell's boat yesterday and today, but I do kn...

Today begins a two-legged northern fishing trip, which will include both open-water fishing and ice fishing. Stop No. 1 is in Lewiston, New ...

It's sort of hard for me to believe that the calendar page turned to December this morning. Of course, a few things have reminded recen...