Joe Cermele

1 week ago | outdoorlife.com | Joe Cermele

So much can go wrong on the water, and even the smallest missteps can cost you a trophy fish. Your personal-best snook can run under a dock and break you off. That 7-pound largemouth can throw your frog in one head-shaking jump. The brown trout of a lifetime that just sipped your fly can shoot down a riffle and bust that delicate 6-pound tippet. The common denominator is these scenarios, however, is that they are largely out of our control.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Joe Cermele

So much can go wrong on the water, and even the smallest missteps can cost you a trophy fish. Your personal-best snook can run under a dock and break you off. That 7-pound largemouth can throw your frog in one head-shaking jump. The brown trout of a lifetime that just sipped your fly can shoot down a riffle and bust that delicate 6-pound tippet. The common denominator is these scenarios, however, is that they are largely out of our control.

1 week ago | outdoorlife.com | Joe Cermele

The popularity of fishing for invasive northern snakeheads hasn’t stopped growing. Just ask Eddie Weber, the owner of High Octance Custom Baits, and Steve Cahn — two veteran snakehead junkies based in Maryland. According to these guys, the sport exploded during the Covid pandemic and the recruitment of new anglers to the snakey side hasn’t slowed down yet. From a conservation standpoint, more snakehead anglers mean more snakeheads in skillets, which is a good thing.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Joe Cermele

The popularity of fishing for invasive northern snakeheads hasn’t stopped growing. Just ask Eddie Weber, the owner of High Octance Custom Baits, and Steve Cahn — two veteran snakehead junkies based in Maryland. According to these guys, the sport exploded during the Covid pandemic and the recruitment of new anglers to the snakey side hasn’t slowed down yet. From a conservation standpoint, more snakehead anglers mean more snakeheads in skillets, which is a good thing.

2 weeks ago | fieldandstream.com | Joe Cermele

Catfishing gets a bad rap as being a lazy man’s sport. There’s no denying that it’s not as active as casting a bass lure all day or waving a fly rod for trout, but learning how to catch a catfish is still a ton of fun. Catfishing can be as simple or complex as you want to make it. It just depends on what drives you—are you looking for fish fry fodder or, say, a world record catfish?