“You’ll see a mixed bag in February and March and can catch a limit of crappie, limit of yellow perch, and get some white perch mixed in.”
All in Freshwater
Wade Truong: Elevated Wild
"It’s pretty cool to be able to stack a bunch of shrimp, a bunch of crabs, some specks, and some puppy drum, all in the same day."
Paula Smith: Top of the Food Chain
“You should see us butcher a deer sometime… We got two freezers; they’re stocked.”
Larry Case: West Virginia Game Warden
“Taking a guy out of a blind turns out to be one of the most dangerous things you can do.”
Matt Miles: Virginia Musky Hunter
“Musky can be so hard to understand. It's not the color of the fly, it's not the type of fly -- it's all about being in the right place at the right time.”
John Odenkirk: VDGIF Snakehead Expert
"At $20/pound and getting served in restaurants, snakehead is in high demand. Some people are upset and want me to put limits on it!"
Greg Senyo: Steelhead Alley Outfitters
"I'm born and raised on the banks of Pennsylvania’s Elk Creek, which is easily the most famous and well known steelhead stream on the alley.
Josh Garris: Curtis Wright Outfitters
"The mountains of North Carolina are my stomping grounds.
Levi Pitcock: Double Spur Outfitters
"It really gets exciting when a bear is so close in the brush that you can hear him eating acorns, and you have to wait for a clear shot."
Week 22. Wakefield Ruritan Club: 69th Annual Shad Planking
"The peak date is historically right around the time of Shad Planking — the third Wednesday in April.
Week 20. Joe Humphreys: Penn State Fly-Fishing Legend
"I still keep my hand in the game. We never stop learning, the good lord made it that way."
Week 18. Gary Dubiel: Spec Fever
"In six months, you can fish three very different environments and never leave the Neuse River system."
Week 15. Tyler Frantz: Pennsylvania Natural Pursuit Outdoors
"There’s a week around the middle of October in Pennsylvania when you can bow hunt, muzzleloader hunt, duck season starts, trapping for furbearer season starts, you can hunt small game like pheasants, grouse, squirrels and rabbits, and of course, you get into some of the best fall trout fishing."
Week 14. Harry Murray: Shenandoah Bronzebacks and Brookies
"I was asked to designed a fly that would float well and match the early hatches of the Quill Gordon and March Brown, and what I came up with was the Mr. Rapidan."
Week 10. George Daniel: Livin' on the Fly
"The green drake shows up around Memorial Day, and thats really something incredible. To witness thousands of insects eating and laying hatches is something that everyone should witness."
Week 9. Tee Clarkson: Richmond Four-Season Sportsman
"We don’t necessarily have the best trout, the best duck hunting, or the best upland bird hunting — but we have all of it! "
Week 7. Ruthless Outdoor Adventures: Kayak Fishing the Tidewater
"It doesn’t take a big fish to take you on a sleigh ride. A 20” puppy drum can pull a kayak all around, and you can imagine what a big striped bass will do!"
Week 6. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers: Sportsmen's Voice For Wild Public Lands
"With such a large and dense population trying to enjoy resources, we want to highlight how important backcountry is in the mid-Atlantic."
Week 4. Copper Fox Distillery: Applewood-Aged Virginia Whisky
"We work with a couple of farmers in the Northern Neck for our grain, and get our barley from Heathsville. Our oak, cherry, and applewood is all from the area, our barrels from Fredericksburg."
Week 1. Beau Beasley: Fly Fishing the Mid Atlantic
If you’re going to launch a website about hunting and fishing in the mid-Atlantic, there’s probably no better place to start than with outdoor writer Beau Beasley.