Lucas

On that hot July afternoon, you hook a largemouth bass and fight her to the net. She flares her gills and thrashes about as you … Read more

From the instant it breaches the water’s surface until it hits your hand, it’s under your care, and the clock starts ticking on its life. … Read more

Imagine a clear-water lake you fished with rock visible on bottom. Fast-forward a few years to that very same lake that’s now covered in thick … Read more

It’s early summer, the water’s warm, you pull a bass out of shallow water and look at it. You see some yellow spots around its … Read more

The temperature of the water is an abstraction, until you see it flip them upside-down or press them up against a rock. They don’t die … Read more

You want bass that grows. Not just survive. You want forage that feeds them. They should not takes over the food web. And you want … Read more

The size of your fish in the livewell determine success for most anglers, but that doesn’t say anything about health of the water. You can … Read more

There were eighty-six fish on the net. Pull it up, count them out. But that’s just the beginning of the story. All that other stuff, … Read more

You know the sinking feeling. You wake up early and pull up a load of nets that weigh tons. You notice something isn’t right: the … Read more

Catch rate is one of those things field biologist like to argue about. It is not simply a matter of how many fish you caught, … Read more