beginner
The Best Times to Fish: Time of Day and Season
Learn the best times to fish by time of day and season. A beginner guide to dawn, dusk, and seasonal patterns so you show up when fish are actually feeding.
Conditions & Cooking
Read weather, seasons, water temperature, tides and moon — then clean and cook your catch.
15 guides
beginner
How to Clean and Fillet a Fish
Learn how to clean and fillet a fish step by step. A beginner-friendly guide covering gear, gutting, filleting, skinning, and safe storage for fresh fillets.
intermediate
How Weather Affects Fishing
Learn how barometric pressure, wind, temperature, light, and rain drive the fish bite, plus a practical game plan to adjust your tactics on every trip.
intermediate
Water Temperature and Fishing: A Practical Guide
Learn how water temperature controls fish behavior, location, and feeding. A practical guide to reading temps by season and matching your presentation.
intermediate
Understanding Tides for Saltwater Fishing
Learn how tides drive the saltwater bite. Understand incoming, outgoing, spring, and neap tides, and how to time your trip to fish moving water where fish feed.
intermediate
How to Find Fish on a Lake
A practical guide to locating fish on any lake. Read structure, water temperature, baitfish, and electronics to put your bait where the fish actually are.
beginner
Fishing in the Rain: Does It Actually Work?
Rain can turn an average day into a great one. Learn why fish feed in the rain, when to go, where to cast, and how to stay safe and dry.
beginner
Why Fish Aren't Biting (and How to Turn It Around)
Fish not biting? Learn the real reasons - weather, water temp, timing, and presentation - plus practical fixes to turn a slow day into a productive one.
intermediate
Barometric Pressure and Fishing: What Really Matters
Learn how barometric pressure affects fish behavior, why falling pressure triggers feeding, and how to time your trips around the weather for better results.
beginner
How to Cook Your Catch: Simple Methods That Work
Learn how to cook fish you caught with four beginner methods: pan-frying, baking, grilling, and poaching, plus cleaning, storage, and seasoning tips.
beginner
Moon Phases and Fishing: Do They Affect the Bite?
Do moon phases really change fishing success? A clear, practical guide to lunar effects on the bite, what matters more, and how to plan your next trip.
intermediate
Fishing a Cold Front: Why the Bite Dies and What to Do
A cold front kills the bite for a reason. Learn what happens to fish post-frontal, how to catch them under bluebird skies, and when to fish the pre-front window.
intermediate
Fishing After Heavy Rain: Muddy Water and Rising Levels
Fishing after heavy rain? Learn how runoff, muddy water and rising levels relocate fish, and how to adapt your baits, colors and spots to keep catching.
intermediate
How to Read a Lake Map: Contours, Structure and Spots
Learn to read a lake map like an angler: contour lines, points, humps, saddles and channels, plus how to build a milk run of spots before you ever launch.
intermediate
Wind and Fishing: Which Bank to Fish and Why
Does wind direction matter for fishing? Learn what's true about the old rhyme, why windblown banks hold fish, and how to fish mud lines, chop and boat control.