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Walthamstow's Northeasterly Gremlins Beaten: Dean Macey's 12-Pound Male Headlines a Four-Bream Burst
Featured23 May 2026

Walthamstow's Northeasterly Gremlins Beaten: Dean Macey's 12-Pound Male Headlines a Four-Bream Burst

Dean Macey returned to Walthamstow Reservoirs Two and Three after several years away and put together a four-bream burst including doubles of 10 lb 7 and a 12 lb 10 male, using a heavy lead clip, 12 lb feeder line and a worm-tipped wafter over a dark spomb mix.

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Trout Made Calls It: Sierra Opener 2026 Crowned Crowley, Bridgeport and Convict
Lake Fishing19 May 2026

Trout Made Calls It: Sierra Opener 2026 Crowned Crowley, Bridgeport and Convict

California-based content creator Mike of Trout Made Angler Company has used the latest episode of his Get Made Show to anoint Twin Lakes, Bridgeport Reservoir, Convict Lake and Lake Crowley as the standout waters of the 2026 Eastern Sierra trout opener, while raising serious questions about whether the June Lake Loop was stocked in the run-up to the busiest weekend on the regional calendar.

Bluegill, Bass and a Gizzy Glide: Jon B's Red Magnolia Ranch Airbnb Bass Detour
Lake Fishing18 May 2026

Bluegill, Bass and a Gizzy Glide: Jon B's Red Magnolia Ranch Airbnb Bass Detour

The Red Magnolia Ranch in East Texas gave Jon B's Airbnb Bass series a whole property to itself, and the small private pond paid off with sight-cast largemouth on a Googan Gizzy Glide, finesse fish on a 5-inch Lunker Log, and a hammer-grade bluegill that the show's host pulled off an ultralight rod.

First Trip, Personal Best: Tommy Time's Snowy Mountains Trout Spawn Run
Lake Fishing17 May 2026

First Trip, Personal Best: Tommy Time's Snowy Mountains Trout Spawn Run

Tommy Time and partner Ken hit the Snowy Mountains five days after a major rain band, found running brown trout stacked in undercut banks and pulled a personal-best fly fish from a New Zealand-style sight-fishing cast.

Palaniuk Slams Back-to-Back 29-Pound Bags, Steals Santee Cooper Bassmaster Elite Lead
Lake Fishing16 May 2026

Palaniuk Slams Back-to-Back 29-Pound Bags, Steals Santee Cooper Bassmaster Elite Lead

Two 29-pound bags in two days have Brandon Palaniuk on top of the 2026 Yokohama Tire Bassmaster Elite at Santee Cooper Lakes with 59 pounds even, leading Chris Johnston, Carl Jocumsen, Cory Johnston and Drew Cook into the Day 3 cut.

Kentucky Lake 'Slap Full' but Stalled: Brandon Hunter's Pre-Memorial Day Bass Report
Lake Fishing15 May 2026

Kentucky Lake 'Slap Full' but Stalled: Brandon Hunter's Pre-Memorial Day Bass Report

Kentucky Lake guide Brandon Hunter says the bass are there, the spawn was strong, and the offshore push is coming, but a stalled TVA flow, cold nights and a spring of relentless wind have scattered the schools heading into Memorial Day weekend.

Two Patterns, One Five-Pounder: Tim Little Resets Lake Chickamauga After Months Away
Lake Fishing15 May 2026

Two Patterns, One Five-Pounder: Tim Little Resets Lake Chickamauga After Months Away

TacticalBassin's Tim Little returns to Lake Chickamauga after months of family travel and breaks his post-spawn day into two patterns — clear-water finesse on Neko rigs, then a wind-blown ChatterBait blitz that lifts a five-pounder off a dock piling.

Mayfly Dapping with Johnny on Lough Corrib: Senan Stanley's Windy Day on the 'Trout Highway'
Lake Fishing15 May 2026

Mayfly Dapping with Johnny on Lough Corrib: Senan Stanley's Windy Day on the 'Trout Highway'

Senan Stanley returns to Lough Corrib with local angler Johnny for a wild-trout dapping session — three flies at a time, a fresh swap every drift, and one of the best mayfly windows in years.

Lake St. Clair: 16 Days Off the Air, John Backrell Returns to a Smallie Powder Keg
Lake Fishing9 May 2026

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.

Mid-70s Water, Empty Bellies: How 903 Fishing Locates Post-Spawn Crappie on Texas Docks and Brush
Lake Fishing8 May 2026

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
Lake Fishing8 May 2026

'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 Fishing7 May 2026

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.