The beautiful spring weather had given me and my buddy Joe an itch to go fishing, so that’s exactly what we did. We loaded Joe’s johnboat, pulled it to the Arkansas River and launched just after the ...

When a big catfish pulls a jug under, the call rings out. The fish isn’t as big as Moby Dick, of course, but this is as close to whaling as you can get in a river. My fishing buddy paddled hurriedly, ...

I never thought catfishing could turn into a holy experience. At least not until I took up jug fishing with Todd Gessner, who may be the strangest fishing guide in all of southern Illinois. Gessner is ...

Over the years I've seen jugs bobbing around on various waterways, and I knew what they were used for, but I'd never done that -- jug fishing. When a member of the Geneseo Chapter of the Izaak Walton ...

When I get together with my brother from Missouri, we often talk about various fishing experiences. I am always quite amazed at the differences between fishing laws, techniques and species in ...