Are there any magazines out there dedicated to just freshwater fishing anymore other than In Fisherman? It seems that almost everything has gone digital but I would prefer something I got in the mail.
thanks
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Are there any magazines out there dedicated to just freshwater fishing anymore other than In Fisherman? It seems that almost everything has gone digital but I would prefer something I got in the mail.
thanks
Looks like Game and Fish still offers a hard copy magazine
There are a lot of mags for bass, saltwater and fly fishing. In-Fisherman is the only general freshwater mag I know of.Quote:
Originally Posted by bwilso
The printed media has had a terrible time and these days with the fishing mags it is just pretty much ads. Kids today have different views but I can remember loving to get Sports Afield or better yet the once yearly Sports Afield Fishing big size issue. Remember those? There was a big issue hunting mag as well. I read them until the words wore off the paper! LOL.
Bob
Even In-Fisherman (which I like) is stuffed with adds.Quote:
Originally Posted by BobC
When I was a kid, getting the new Field & Stream in the mail was almost like Christmas morning. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BobC
Sports afield, outdoor life and field and stream mags kept me busy for many days when I was young. Names like Gadabout Gaddis, Curt Gowdy(Trevor’s Dad) and a few other TV personalities had my full attention.
Yes, those were some classic writers - how about Homer Circle and Ted Trueblood? I loved to read their articles.Quote:
Originally Posted by skeetbum
Bob
PS Gadabout Gaddis! Jeez, I haven’t thought about him in ages! Good stuff!
B
I used to love the “This happened to me” article in Outdoor Life. When I was a kid, I had a customer who used to give me his Sports Afield magazine as a tip on my paper route. You could only collect once a month, he didn’t like being bothered!! He was a crotchety old cuss, but when he found out I like to fish, he turned in to a real nice guy.
I remember getting them in the mail as a teenager. Those were good times
Been getting Fur,Fish and Game for years and it's still like Christmas when a new copy shows up in the mailbox.They almost always have at least one article pertaining to fishing every month.
I worked in Saudi from 1980 through January 2001. While you could buy magazines there they were all censored…..even fishing magazines. They would tear pages out of them that they found offensive…..which could be anything. The company I worked for had a US mailing address we sent all our mail to. Regular letter mail was shipped to Saudi everyday. But the bulk mail…as we called it…..was sent once a month. And there would be huge amounts of magazines….catalogs….come in each month. I subscribed to every well know, and some not so well known magazines from those times….I got them all. Should have seen the activity at the mail room the day the magazines would come in. Today I no longer subscribe to any…seems the ones I really liked are no longer in print or they are just not the same type of content. Of course a lot of the good writers have since passed.
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Hard to believe they would censor a fishing magazine. Makes one thankful of the freedoms we enjoy here.
Man they censor everything. Makes me thankful for this country. If a bottle of marinade sold in a supermarket had the word pork on the label it would be blacked out with a marker. I fished the Red Sea and Persian Gulf…one or the other almost everyday depending which location I was at in the country. Would buy my fishing gear when I was home on vacation and take it back with me. I once took back a 15 foot collapsible surf rod hand carry on the plane. Took me 5 hours to clear Saudi customs with it…they thought it was a high powered radio antenna and I was an agent of the CIA. For those of us who worked there incidents like that were never ending.Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
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Marking out the word pork and the label certainly didn't remove the pork from the product. I did have to give it to them. When you came to their country they expected you honor there culture. They come here and bring their culture and and you are expected to embrace then culture.
Man then were the days. Miss getting an issue of field and stream or outdoor life back when I was a kid in the 80’s.
Bad enough they are all stuffed with ads, even when I do pick up a magazine and find something I might want to read, the writer sounds like he works for company's as an advertising agent and doesn't do any good story's just more bs ads. been a while since I've bought a fishing or hunting magazine, no good story teller's anymore!
Isn't that the truthQuote:
Originally Posted by Don Fischer
I think that does pretty much sum it up. The old story tellers sure would give more content as to what they were doing and photos and descriptions of places you would love to go to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Fischer
Bob
They did take you along on the adventure
I'm life member of B.A.S.S., get the magazine automatically and throw it in the garbage as soon as I get it. Not impressed by celebrity tips - most of which endorse the products that they generalize catch monster fish anytime you cast them. The waters fished most times are different than those I fish as are the seasonal, monthly and weather patterns for my area. The last magazine I valued was Fishing Facts Magazine, one of its writers I still keep in touch with weekly. Course back in the 70's there was no such thing as catch & release and to see pictures of hundreds of dead fish displayed per outing still makes be wonder the reason (bragging, supporting evidence of the article, etc.?).
Not too impressed after I did a search for freshwater fishing magazines. I'd much rather read what crappy.com members have to say or watch YouTube videos any day!
That was well put. It seemed like the old writers could actually put you in the boat with them. You could hear water slapping on the hull of the boat and feel the cold morning air as you sipped coffee from an old Stanley Thermos. I miss the covers of old as well….they did a pretty good job of conveying excitement and I would dream of my own adventures looking at them. Glad I grew up when I did!Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Fischer
Remember Patrick McManus..loved his stories.Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Fischer
……adventures they were and then you woke up.Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
You see growing up in Bay Area in the 90s me and my cousins we were always out twice or three times a month chasing stripped bass off the surf or catfish and sturgeon in California many deltas but the sceneries were always the same. One day I picked up a magazine on fly fishing( forgot what name it was) from 7-eleven and saw all these beautiful waters and locations these fishermen were in, literally, wader and all. Words like “roll cast” and “double haul” and what not forced me run out and got a Reddington (now under Sage brand.) Needless to say the casting learning curve didn’t rushed me back to my old trustee spinning rod and reel fast enough, in fact I got quite good at it. I found out flyfishing in general a very expensive endeavor if you want done right. These so called “ beautiful waters” are not easy to get to or come by cheap, they are now mostly owned and operated by private companies promising a piece of a paradise to those with deep pockets. And the magazines about fly fishing? Well when put under the microscope, most now are just selling $8k trip to the Yucatán for big Tarpon or donkey riding trip up the sierras chasing the mighty golden trout or a trip to Argentina for the beautiful golden Dorado. And you can’t do all that without your “must have” pair of sandals for the boat deck or the UV protection long sleeve pink shirts…,that last one I kind of dig, lol. Good read everyone!
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Now you get the same adventures off of YouTube. Not to long ago I watched one group chase trout all around the world. Some amazing scenery around those glacial fed steams.
This is unfortunately true. Much of the fly fishing world is all about exotic locations and $1,200 rod combos. This scares people away from what is a really fun and rewarding way to catch bass, bream and crappie. What's really sad is that you can buy excellent fly tackle at very reasonable prices.Quote:
Originally Posted by LVSpinfisher1
We have trout not too far from me. I had purchased some gear. I need to put in the time to catch some.Quote:
Originally Posted by deathb4disco
If you've never fly fished before, I suggest starting out with bluegill, particularly if the trout are in a river/stream.Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
I have fly fished. I am pretty rusty I am sure. Most of the streams we have around me are stocked. The locals wipe them out pretty quickly from what I am told. I have some streams a short walk from the house that should be great for bream and bass. Used to have a field day with the fall bass with a second hand fly rod and a homemade streamer flies
In moving water?Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
Bluegill with a foam popper on a fly rod is hard to beat!
White water no. Moving water yes.
Just checking. A lot of people start fly fishing and don't realize that moving water can be challenging.Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
Those about all I can cast my floater line to these past years…lol. Sadly with the JDM craze as of late I’ve yet to dust off my 4wt this year. I’ll probably take it out b4 bites getting slow. Will sure post some pictures when that happens.Quote:
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Most of the water we have coming out of the mountains is pretty tame until it is rain swollen. Then that would be a good way to drowned. Most of the steams are at max thigh deep unless it is one of the pools. Definitely some pretty country up the trails on a few of them
A few photos I took hiking one of them. No trout in this oneAttachment 405883Attachment 405884Attachment 405885
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Beautiful country!
Up a hiking trail that used to be an old mining area. Supposed to be a lake way back in there. Bolders as big as Volkswagend in there
Old mine entrance. Long since flooded Attachment 405886
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As a somewhat multi species enthusiast, I’m also curious what one can pull out of these awesome looking streams.
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