Gerry Bethge

3 weeks ago | fieldandstream.com | Gerry Bethge

Thirty years ago, Heinz Machacek found data from fishing record books to be incomplete, so he decided to start his own. The result is a website and searchable database called “The World Records Freshwater Fishing.” It includes records of giant bizarre fish caught in far away places. “The information exchange between scientists, commercial fishermen, and sport fishermen is poor,” he says.

Dec 15, 2024 | gameandfishmag.com | Gerry Bethge

If ever there was a Rodney Dangerfield of fish, it would be the lowly saltwater scup, or porgy. It gets no respect from the bulk of the East's saltwater anglers. "I tell you what, we sure respect them," says Capt. Greg Dubrule, who runs the party boat Blackhawk out of Niantic, Conn. "In many regards, they're our bread-and-butter fish. Yeah, guys come with us to catch striped bass and bluefish, but scup are a must. As of mid-August, we'd caught almost 11,000 of them.

Oct 30, 2024 | gameandfishmag.com | Gerry Bethge

I'd finally made it to Kansas, the hallowed ground of giant whitetails, where the next buck you see could legitimately be the new world record. Brad Harris' truck-corn feeder whirring-had barely gotten out of earshot when the critters began filtering in. There were young bucks, does, fawns and turkeys. My goodness there were turkeys. No doubt, all of them were familiar with the routine. As a New Englander, this was not what I had envisioned deer baiting to be.

Mar 31, 2024 | outdoorlife.com | Larry Dablemont |Gerry Bethge

By 1983, a new era in modern-day turkey hunting was taking hold. The National Wild Turkey Federation was hitting on all cylinders; successful wild turkey trap-and-transplant programs were exhibiting promising results, and many states that had too few wild turkeys to hunt were opening seasons. Outdoor Life’s own Charlie Elliot, The Old Professor, was still teaching the masses how to get their gobbler and Ben Rogers Lee was the acknowledged king of turkey calling.

Mar 31, 2024 | yahoo.com | Gerry Bethge

By 1983, a new era in modern-day turkey hunting was taking hold. The National Wild Turkey Federation was hitting on all cylinders; successful wild turkey trap-and-transplant programs were exhibiting promising results, and many states that had too few wild turkeys to hunt were opening seasons. Outdoor Life’s own Charlie Elliot, The Old Professor, was still teaching the masses how to get their gobbler and Ben Rogers Lee was the acknowledged king of turkey calling.