Tournament angler Lea Anne Powell of Villa Rica, Georgia caught a line-class world record largemouth bass back in 2023 that still holds the top spot. Here are her top 10 bass fishing lakes in the United States
Author: Travis Hall
Travis Hall
Travis is Field & Stream's full-time associate editor. He covers breaking outdoor news and pressing conservation issues. Highlights Education Hall graduated from the University of Southern Indiana with a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 2012. His outdoor education began at age three in pursuit of stripper-pit panfish, and it continues to progress on a near daily basis. Experience Hall lives with his wife and two young sons in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley where he’s cutting his teeth on the finer points of elk, mule deer, and mountain grouse hunting. He grew up hunting whitetails and wild turkeys on reclaimed coal country in southern Indiana. F&S Lightening Round Favorite Place to Fish: Any fishing access site along the Bitterroot River; Favorite Critter to Hunt: Rut-crazed whitetails; Bucket List Adventure: September elk in Montana’s Big Snowy Mountains; Most Prized Piece of Gear: Savage Lightweight Hunter chambered in .308; All-Time Favorite F&S Story: “F&S Classics: The Day Bear Died,” by Hal Herring Notable Work
From Arizona to northwest Montana, there are hundreds of thousands elk roaming the Western U.S. today. Here are some of the best states to hunt them in, based on record book entries submitted to Boone & Crockett over the last 10 years
The move will open new areas to hunters and anglers on 12 refuges across the country this coming fall
Shannon and Shawne Leach tracked a mountain lion through two feet of snow after it attacked and ran away with their cur dog Fergus
The incident occurred in southern British Columbia
Rare earth minerals are used in electric cars and other forms of alternative energy technology, but mining for these materials has been shown to create toxic pollution””including radioactive residue
Plus five other clips of tourists behaving badly inside National Parks
Ridge Crum’s massive New Mexico elk had an unofficial green-score of more than 436 inches
The grisly scene took place near the border of British Columbia and Alberta
