Jeff Samsel Fishing

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...

We couldn't have scripted it better for what we wanted to do. Late winter is prime time for big browns on Arkansas' White River, a...

First of the week, I'm loading up the fishing car and pointing it toward the Ozarks for a few days of chasing trout in the White River...

Having taken the same basic trip at the same time with the same group (two of my boys, a friend and me) two years in a row, I supposed it ...

Long drive today, but that's OK. Arkansas' White & Norfork rivers are at the other end, and three days on these fabulous trout...

Rain was hitting the tent when we woke up this morning. It' raining outside our hotel room tonight. In between, well, it mostly rained...

Objective are simple: Explore rivers, enjoy autumn in the Ozarks and catch fish. Agenda is lightly defined. Likely stops include the Sprin...

For starters I'll acknowledge that I should just call him Jim. That's how Jim Gaston introduced himself, and whether he was the ho...

Expected high water made Nathaniel and I think we'd be doing all of today's fishing from the shore, casting to any eddies we could...

Nathaniel's first cast of the morning had barely landed when a brown trout nabbed his jerkbait. That fish, which got off boatside, was t...

Nathaniel and I traversed 650 miles today, landing in Mountain Home, Arkansas. We'll spend the next few days in the Ozarks, with trout...

Today was one of those sorts of days where I stayed moving all day and I know I accomplished a lot, but it seemed like my wheels were spinni...

Today's rain atop already full smallmouth streams has us changing gears, and the plan remains in flux because if lightning in the air. ...

Our week-long three-state fishing trip is off to a fine start, with fish-catching success on the Chattahoochee River, Old Hickory Lake, a ...

The dam that harnesses the White River to form Bull Shoals Lake in Northern Arkansas also fuels one of the nation's most prolific trout...

I've been slow with reports, but it sure hasn't been for a lack of good things to report. Days have been full, and I've hit the...

Truck is mostly loaded and filled with fuel, and the rooster is set for three bells. Nathaniel and I plan to leave dark and early in part ...

The 10-day forecast for my hometown in North Georgia shows highs in the 60s every day! Given strings of sunny days, bass, crappie and blue...

Smithwick Perfect 10 Rogue Word's out that Smithwick has introduced a new Rogue. I haven't seen one of the new Perfect 10 Rogues...

Spending a day on the White River in  Donald Cranor's boat is like taking a 400 level class in brown trout behavior, and Nathaniel an...