In-Fisherman

In-Fisherman is for the avid freshwater angler. Each issue provides detailed instructions and demonstrations on catching, cleaning, and eating your favorite species of fish, and reports on the latest scientific studies concerning fish and habitat conservation. This is the source for finding fishing hotspots, new tackle, effective equipment, and more!

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Best Fish-Handling Practices • Best practices for keeping our catch in the best possible shape have pretty much been worked out, although, as is often the case with changing protocol, it may take a generation before most anglers consider it necessary to employ them. It took a generation for catch and release to catch on; another generation for selective harvest to reign supreme.

Flathead Diets at Extreme Flows

Where Do Walleyes Go?

No Boundaries for Bull Trout

ADVENTURES • Feature Travel Tips from In-Fisherman Staff & Friends

STAFF Noteworthy & New • New and Unique Fishing Stuff, as Reviewed by the In-Fisherman Staff

REEL RATIO Rationale • In the bass fishing industry, lures get most headlines. And as novel fishing lines emerge, they’re big news. Revolutionary rods—lighter, stronger, and more sensitive—beckon anglers to buy the next greatest thing. Technology advances and new materials have fueled these introductions. All the while, reels have been something of an afterthought: If it casts and retrieves with minimal snarls, all good.

FINE TUNING Key Suspending Sticks

Where Floaters Rule

Enchanted Crankbaits Unraveling the Secrets of Crankbait Action

QUEST FOR North American Record Pike

CRAPPIE CONUNDRUM • Dynamic Populations, Evolving Fisheries, Satisfying Anglers

An Angler’s Guide to Yield-Per-Recruit Population Models

Establishing Fishing Regulations: The Florida Model

Creeking for CHANNEL CATFISH

Right of Access

Urban Creeks

Power Finesse and a Cloud of Dust

Power to Finesse and Back

Wacky Wacky, Whoo-Woo

Tackling Up

› Snug Shotting

Walkin’, Skippin’ & Runnin’ Frogs

Responsible Harvest of Largemouth Bass

ÝNo-Harvest Experiments

Kayak Fishing Bonus • Small Craft, Monster Fish!

ÝComing Soon!

Getting There, Staying Put, Getting Home

North with Doc • Doc Wrestles with the Hands of Time