Our experts collect on-the-ground reports from professional anglers and tour guides. Here’s this week’s report for 4/14/26.

Welcome to today's special episode of Thundermist Fishing Tips. We have a lot of really great subscribers, and we get all kinds of great questions. I'd like to take some time today to take a closer ...

Tying the strongest fishing knot isn’t only about the knot itself. The line you choose matters every bit as much, and thanks to remarkably advancements in the recent decades, you have choices when it ...

Marissa Sulek joined CBS News Chicago in January 2025. Before Chicago, Marissa was a general assignment reporter in Nashville at WSMV, where she was nominated for Mid-South Emmy Awards for her ...

The improved clinch knot has long been the standard for tying lures to fishing lines. In fact, it's so universal among anglers that it's sometimes called the fisherman's knot. It's easy to learn, ...

An angler standing firm, jigging for the pelagics, testing his skill against the pull of the sea. THE Fisheries Department’s Fish Landing Statistics 2024 told us what many of us already know from ...

Larry Fulton's hands just twisted the fishing line around a few times, he put the tangle up to his mouth and suddenly he had tied a perfect loop to attach a jig to the line.

Not all DNA looks like the familiar double helix. Sometimes, parts of our genetic code fold into unusual shapes under certain conditions. One such structure known as a G-quadruplex (G4) looks like a ...

A dry dropper is a two-fly rig that combines a dry fly and either a nymph or emerger, allowing you to fish on the surface and subsurface at the same time. If you’re fishing shallow water but not ...

Riding solo, chasing shadows. This skiff session gets wild with dropper loops, shark hookups, and a beautiful journey from Mission Bay to Point Loma. Farmers are aging. Their kids don’t want to be in ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A robber stole a valuable violin from someone on a CTA train in the Loop on Friday night, Chicago police said. Police said the robbery happened on a CTA Blue Line train at 117 West ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. So, let’s breakdown the non-slip mono loop, which I consider a must-know for every angler. Here’s how to tie a loop knot. Step 1: ...