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October has been absolutely spectacular. We averaged around 40 fish caught per day and tons of big fish were caught including a 10.1. As the water has cooled off the fishing has improved exponentially. Tuesday we landed 71 keepers and had 10 fish o

Smallmouth Bass

Pictured is Brent Malcom with a beautiful 27 inch walleye. Read our guide report to see where guests are catching fish... Guide report: Walleye are in 26 - 30 feet of water on mid-lake humps and rock points. Northern pike are being found in lily pad

Hi Folks Guided a father son trip yesterday with spin gear.  Pretty hot humid day for Vermont with some midday thunder boomers.  Water temperatures have warmed and I got a reading of 73 degrees yesterday.  After all of the June rain ou

SJHT! Bass anglers all over New Jersey are celebrating the re-opening of the largemouth and smallmouth bass season. They're doing it by heading out to their favorite lake for some friendly tournament competition. South Jersey Hook This!

The crappie fishing is incredible at the moment. It was 83 degrees yesterday in north Alabama and the crappie are moving into the prespawn areas and feeding aggressively. The best patterns are bridges,brushpiles and boathouses.  We are cat

Smallmouth Bass Streams Fly Fishing Report(North and South Fork of the Shenandoah River)- The Crayfish flies are producing well when fished slowly and deeply over cobblestone streambottoms in the deepest water you can find. If the current is fast or

Spring Chinook fishing here on the Upper Rogue River has been good!!! We will be fishing for Spring Chinook until the end of July. The Rogue River will open up for being able to keep wild salmon starting July 1st. Summer Steelhead will start showing

The lake h as so many different moods. Love this picture taken by guest Dylan Walter of a rainbow over the channel to Turtle Lake. An evening squall had kicked up and this was the aftermath. This week starts out hot! Daytime temperatures are in the

Smallmouth Bass: The rains have raised the river levels lightly so I am using a Scientific Anglers Sink Tip III fly line with a Murray’s Fluorocarbon 6 foot 2X Sinking Leader to fish my streamers deeply. The South Fork of the Shenandoah River

This was the week when the water temperatures reached 60 and the full moon is coming. I did 4 bass trips this week and we averaged 40 bass per day. I am catching them deep and shallow and in between. The best baits are traps, chatterbaits and we ev

Our corporate group Kraus-Anderson Construction Company (Bemidji MN) has been with Duck Bay Lodge for 22 years. Pictured is the gang toasting (with a rare and expensive whisky) and celebrating the upcoming retirement of Duane Kaiser (pictured in the

As many of you know the most important fly fishing event of the year is the Sowbug Roundup (the Friday night Shindig has also become the fly fishing social event of the year). It is a three day celebration of fly tying that is scheduled for   M

SPECTACULAR. This week at guntersville has been simply spectacular. I guided everyday and we caught them basically every cast everyday. We landed over 200 this week and caught tons of fish in the 3-5lb class. The best pattern has been river channel

Pictured is Duck Bay guide Kerry Taylor with a 48 inch muskie his personal biggest to date; the happy smile says it all. Duck Bay pro guide fishing report: Walleyes are on reefs in 20 - 30 feet of water; pink jigs are working well. Northern pike are

With the cooling water temperatures more big fish are showing up everyday. The last 2 weeks our best 5 fish has been around 20lbs or more everyday. Our numbers are still excellent averaging 30-40 fish a day. The big bass tour at guntersville had so

The unusually mild weather is yielding excellent fishing so far this month and I expect that to continue. The first day of the Toyota series championship saw seven stringers over 20lbs come across the scales and 18lbs was 16th. Those numbers are ph

By Striper Mike Sports Port Pro Staff It’s been a tremendously successful trout season since early March and April has continued the solid bite. The pond temperatures are now in the low 50’s and the omnipresent cruising trout will soon b

Hi Folks Purchasing a drift boat 3 years ago was on of the wiser investments I have made for my business.  It has really become a viable part of my business and a very fun way to fish moving water.  The last couple days on the water have b

Virginia’s Summertime Fishery. Smallmouth Bass. The wait is over. Most Virginia rivers are back down to great fishable levels and the smallmouth bite couldn’t be better. Although we once again missed most of mid April-mid May the post su