The warm water fishing season officially kicks off Thursday, May 1, and runs through March 15, 2026. Anglers can harvest northern pike, pickerel, tiger muskie, and everybody’s favorite filet, walleye.

Kurt Mazurek writes about all things fishing and the outdoor lifestyle for Fishing On SI -a division of Sports Illustrated. Before writing On SI he enjoyed a successful career in the fishing industry, ...

I know we’ve all heard, and possibly all repeated, the fishing advice that you can’t beat time on the water to improve your bass fishing game. We’ve probably also heard that it takes 10,000 hours ...