Tom Pagliaroli

Nov 10, 2024 | thefisherman.com | George Schauer |Tom Pagliaroli

A few tips to be ready when the hardwater arrives this winter. Many freshwater anglers enjoy the sport all four seasons. But are you ready when your buddy calls to announce he’s found safe ice and says to meet him at the lake at 5 a.m. the next morning? Unfortunately this is what drives us to scurry through our fishing gear and get ready last minute. One of the best times to prepare for this another ice fishing season is at the end of the previous year.

Nov 4, 2024 | thefisherman.com | George Schauer |Tom Pagliaroli |Scott Newhall

Late season bass can be tough, but it’s certainly worth the effort. When the leaves fall and the weather turns cold, many anglers are thinking of anything but bass fishing. While it can be a challenge, it’s a prime time of year to get into a late season trophy with the right tactics. Fishing in November and December usually means water is cold, but it’s typically the surface water which is cooler than the water down about 15 feet or so in larger bodies of waters.

Oct 27, 2024 | thefisherman.com | Tom Pagliaroli |Matt Broderick |Aaron Britto

Where available the brown trout makes for a fantastic Thanksgiving month target. Entertaining month, November. Particularly from the freshwater fishing end. More specifically, trout. Brown trout. In a moving environ, be it a brook, stream or river. Sure, November lends itself well to walleye, pike, muskies, pickerel, hybrid stripers, panfish and, in the early weeks, catfish, throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states.

Oct 7, 2024 | thefisherman.com | Tom Pagliaroli |Scott Newhall |George Schauer |Craig Raleigh

From bluegills and crappie to yellow and white perch, fall back to panfish. Autumn’s firing-on-all-cylinders counterpart to May fishing – when it comes to the pantastic clan – reveals itself again at the tenth turn of the calendar page as cooling waters, receding vegetation and the still abundant forage spur seasonal change feeding binges.

Sep 23, 2024 | thefisherman.com | Tom Pagliaroli |Jim Hutchinson

It’s shaping up to be another banner fall for New Jersey trout stocking with state officials kicking plenty of treats for those looking to trick a few rainbows during the Halloween month.