Jeff Samsel Fishing

When folks think about fishing the Chattooga National Wild & Scenic River, trout normally come to mind. That's reasonable. This rive...

The Bull Shoals tailwater is about a 12-hour drive from my house, and there truly is no practical flying option for most travelers. (If yo...

Asher and I had a big time exploring waters in the South Carolina's Upcountry not too long ago. We fished mostly from the kayaks, bu...

Nathaniel, Asher and I had a big time catching trout in the North Carolina mountains last week. With photos being our main objective, we w...

I've kept an annual species list for the past several years, tracking species of fish caught. This year's list is ailing. It's...

There's no denying it. I've been woeful with this blog. The gap since the last post is the longest since I began the Jeff Samsel F...

Guadalupe bass, Guadalupe River, Texas, Teeny Wee-Crawfish 2016 provided many amazing fishing opportunities, including chances to fish i...

I don't know that I can quite state a certain favorite style of fishing, but it very well might be wading wet in a free-flowing mounta...

Last week's travel to the Ouachita Mountains delivered wonderful variety, not only in species caught but in the types of fishing exper...

Twice in this year's travels I've gotten opportunities to target and catch localized black bass species that I had never caught (o...

Although I certainly caught larger fish on the recent Texas trip with Nathaniel, I'd have to say that my single favorite catch from th...

I'd like to say I added both green sunfish and black perch to my 2015 species list while in Oklahoma and Arkansas a couple of weeks ag...

While stream fishing in the Ouachita Mountains last week, Bruce Stanton and I mostly used two-pronged lure presentations, making the most ...