Lake St. Clair: 16 Days Off the Air, John Backrell Returns to a Smallie Powder Keg
Sportsman's Direct's John Backrell returns to the camera on May 8 with a Lake St. Clair update that has a Detroit River walleye run sliding past peak, jumbo Canadian-side perch over a mile-wide flat and a smallmouth population that is fat, pre-spawn and one warm week away from blowing.
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Mid-70s Water, Empty Bellies: How 903 Fishing Locates Post-Spawn Crappie on Texas Docks and Brush
903 Fishing leaves the LiveScope at home, picks up a slip-cork and minnow rig, and proves where post-spawn crappie set up once the East Texas water climbs into the mid-70s. The pattern - 6-to-10ft docks and shallow 9-to-12ft brush - delivers ten keepers, a 14-inch slab and a clear timing message for May 2026 anglers.
'They Fight Way Harder Than I Thought': First Brown on Fly in Tasmania's Marshes
Wild Frontier Adventures' return-from-break Tasmanian fly trip turns into a clinic in reading marsh 'trout highways' - one refusal, two big resident browns landed and a first-on-fly hook-up that left the angler retiring his fly.
Lake Forbes Drought-Breaker: Australia Reclaim the Trans-Tasman Coarse Cup
Lake Forbes has hosted Australia's first Trans-Tasman coarse angling win since 2016, headlined by Melbourne's Chris Bevis weighing in more than 52kg over the ANZAC Day weekend.
Anglers in Drift Boats: Inside the NSW Government's Push to Bring Trout Cod Back
NSW Fisheries used drift-boat angling to collect 14 wild trout cod broodstock from the Murrumbidgee in three days for the state's captive-breeding programme. Production targets jump to 250,000 fingerlings a year inside five years.
Sierra Sweet Spot: Guy Jeans on Streamer Swings, Sub-300 CFS Tailwaters and Caddis on the Kern River in May 2026
The Kern River Fly Shop's May 2026 update from Guy Jeans drops anglers straight into a 900 CFS in-town flow, sub-300 CFS Fairview tailwater and a streamer-on-the-swing program already producing 15 to 20-inch trout on the Upper Kern.
Slow Sierra Opener? SeaSpanker Says Drop the Jig Weight and Slow It Down to a Crawl
The 2026 Eastern Sierra trout opener didn't read like a normal opener — sounder marks were thin, the bite was slow, and Lee Vining Creek and Grant Lake fished like late-season holdover water. SeaSpanker's fix was a lighter ball head and a near-dead-stick retrieve.
Scotty Towner Ticks Off Three States Paddling Into Renmark
Scotty Does the Murray hits its 50-day milestone as Scott Towner paddles into Renmark, ticking off the survey-error three-state corner and crossing into South Australia.
Drift, Tick and Wait: A 16-Inch White Crappie on the Tennessee River's Deep Flats
Richard Gene the Fishing Machine pulled a 16-inch white crappie out of 15-foot deep flats on the Tennessee River using a two-loop bottom-bumping rig with minnows on size-six Gamakatsu Stiletto hooks - the rig clattering across the bottom to call fish up from open water.
Brandon Hunter's Kentucky Lake Report: Spawn in Full Swing, Yellow Flower Bite Coming
Pro guide Brandon Hunter says Kentucky Lake is running ahead of the calendar, the smallmouth spawn is in full swing for the Live Scope crowd, and the next pattern to watch is the yellow flower frog bite.
30 Million Stocked Fish, 50 New Sites: Inside NSW's 2026-2031 Recreational Fishing Plan
The NSW Government has rolled out a draft 2026-2031 Recreational Fishing Action Plan promising 30 million stocked fish, 50 new fishing sites, more Mulloway and Murray Cod and a 10 percent participation lift among women, kids and people with disabilities.
Cod Central: A Trout Creek Robbie Fishing Last Touched in 2016 Has Quietly Become a Murray Cod Stronghold
Australian YouTuber Robbie Fishing returns to a small inland creek he had not fished in a decade hoping for trout, redfin or blackfish - and instead hooks at least five Murray cod on 4 lb line, in a session that surprises even the resident farmer who has lived 50 metres from the water all his life.