Jeff Kolodzinski is looking to accomplish a fishing feat that has never been done: catch 2,977 fish in a 24-hour period. While the number may seem arbitrary, it’s anything but. That's a fish for every person who died in New York, ...
Deadliest Snakes in the US: 8 Bites You Want to Avoid
Out of roughly 3,400 species and subspecies of snake found in the US, there are 37 venomous reasons we wear heavy boots in the field and keep a really good eye out when we’re fishing close to shore in a boat or on foot. We know that's where some of ...
Deadliest Spiders in the US: Black Widow Versus Brown Recluse
As long as spiders have been on the planet, they’ve scared the hell out of people. Even the harmless daddy longlegs (harvestman) tend to evoke unhinged cries of, “Kill it!!!” before meeting the bottom of a Croc. This is probably an evolutionary ...
Urban Fishing: Five of the Best Big Cities for Anglers
Brad Pitt lied to you. The best fishing isn't in Montana. If you want to experience the great outdoors in its most gritty, honest, and tough-as-car-tires-and-non-biodegradable-Dasani-water-bottles form; if you want to pick fights with fish ...
Fish Per Mile: 9 of the Most Target-Rich Trout Rivers in the Lower 48
“A bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work” is probably the biggest line of bullshit in angling circles. “That’s why they call it fishing and not catching” is a close second. While even the most seasoned angler may be happy with ...
Peak-Bagging in the US: Getting Climbers High Since 1876
On any given day during the climbing season, in every region home to the towering glacial remains of the past 250 to 700 millennia, the faithful commence with their peak-bagging pilgrimages to the highest points possible. Guided by a bit of ...
6 WWF Legends Who Love to Hunt and Fish
OK, first of all, I’m not talking about the cutsie, panda-bear-loving World Wildlife Federation here. I’m talking about the big-mouthed, big-haired, tight-tights, oil-saturated, bedazzled World Wrestling Federation of the 80s. Those WWF ...
Florida’s Captains for Clean Water: Q&A With Co-Founder Chris Wittman
Every year a huge portion of the Florida coast is choked off by harmful algal blooms (HABs), and Capt. Chris Wittman, the co-founder of Captains for Clean Water (CFCW), has only seen it get worse. Red and blue-green algae fed by ...
NASCAR Is F*cking Awesome: VIP Access With Noah Gragson at ‘The Glen’
I'm behind the big fence at a NASCAR race at the Glen, and all the cars are corralled in the south paddock behind the garages like nervous stallions with every team’s slick trailer circled like wagons around them. The crews triple-check every last ...
Alaska Woman Shoots Record Caribou on Solo Hunt 4 Months After Bear Attack
It’s said that when you get thrown by a horse, the only way to get past the fear of being thrown again is to get back on that same damn horse. But what do you do to get over fear after a bear has attacked you on a hunt in the Alaskan ...
Unarmed Cali Mom Attacks Mountain Lion To Save Her 5-Year-Old Son
A 65-pound mountain lion thought it grabbed some easy prey last week when it blitzed a 5-year-old boy in his front yard near Calabasas, California — that is until it met the boy’s mother. The mother went completely adrenaline-filled apex predator ...
WATCH: First Video of Giant Tortoise Killing and Slowly Eating Prey
Slow-motion cinematography has revolutionized how we view everything from action sports, and social unrest to gender reveal parties and porn. But this video of a giant tortoise hunting, killing, and eating a bird might be the best use of slo-mo ...
Blue Marlin Crushes Tournament Records, Earns Boat $1.167 Million
In 30 years of competition, the MidAtlantic Tournament had never seen a fish as big as the blue marlin that came in on Jon Duffie's boat, Billfisher, last week. The 1,135-pound leviathan not only eclipsed the Maryland State record — a 1,062-pound ...
Half Marathon Playlist: 13.1 Good Reasons To Run With Music
I ran my first, full half-marathon out of sheer spite. I specify “full” because I ran what I thought was 13.1 miles two days earlier, just to show myself I could, only to realize as I came down from my dopamine high that I'd only covered 12.1 ...
Tampa Bay Red Tide Aftermath: What Comes Next?
An estimated 800 tons of dead fish and other marine life were collected from the Gulf Coast shoreline by the end of July in the wake of a devastating red tide that recently choked Tampa Bay. According to Capt. Brian Jill, a fishing guide in ...
Watch: Teen Lands New Michigan State-Record King Salmon
It took 43 years for the old record to fall, but the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has officially announced a new record king salmon for the state, and for Lake Michigan. The kicker is, the catch was hauled in by a teenage salmon-fishing ...
Gable Steveson Wins Wrestling Gold With Mind-Blowing Comeback
Buzzer beaters, especially when they seal a win, are some of the biggest moments in sports. Turning the last second of competition into a heart-stopping, time-defying, career-defining, hold-your-breath-and-pray win requires a blend of skill, some ...
‘Captain America’ Brings Home First-Ever US Climbing Medal
Nathaniel Coleman showed nerves of steel in a field absolutely loaded with world-class climbers by putting up three rock-solid climbs that earned him, and the United States, the first-ever medal — silver — in Olympic sport climbing. It was a ...
Watch: NZ Rugby Team Performs Haka Dance After Winning Gold
A true warrior tends to be a quiet and humble being. The strong, thoughtful nature of a great leader is given much respect. But when that warrior is called to duty, their enemies better have made their peace with whatever higher power they believe ...
Meet the 4 Climbers Representing the US at the Tokyo Olympic Games
Olympic climbing, which includes speed climbing, bouldering, and lead climbing, will make its debut in Tokyo on Aug. 6, and four talented and hardcore American climbers will be in the hunt for gold: Brooke Raboutou, Kyra Condie, Nathaniel Coleman, ...
5 of the Best Shark Fishing Spots in the Nation
Tarpon guides on the South Florida and Texas coasts can’t stand sharks. Same for mahi, striped bass, marlin, and tuna guides on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. In all fairness, when a 10-foot hammerhead or giant blue shark decides to crash your ...
WATCH: Norwegian Has Gut-Wrenching Olympic Triathlon Finish
The finish of the Olympic triathlon Sunday was like a segment out of the classic ABC's Wide World of Sports "thrill of victory and agony of defeat" intro, except Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt felt the agony of victory. The gutty Norwegian ...
The West Is Burning: How Wildfires Are Impacting Fish and Wildlife
Is the West ever NOT on fire?! As of Tuesday, 6,000 more wildfires have burned almost a million more acres since Jan. 1, 2021, than in the same time period last year. That adds up to 36,796 fires and 2,823,453 acres so far — and there are ...
US Olympic Air Rifle and Skeet Athletes Shoot Lights-Out in Tokyo
The US Olympic shooting teams are leaving no doubt as to who make the best marksmen in the world. Amber English secured gold and an Olympic record in women’s skeet; Vincent Hancock earned his third gold, an unprecedented feat, in men’s skeet; ...
WATCH: Airborne Sturgeon to Tarpon — ‘Hold My Beer’
Move over, tarpon — Fraser River sturgeon are gunning for the big-air title. Images of giant, sunshine-silver, airborne tarpon in the Florida Keys, Cuba, and Costa Rica have fueled anglers' bucket-list dreams since before Hemingway went gray. The ...
WATCH: Grizzly Bear Versus Wolves
As far as who-would-win fights go, a scrap between a big-ass grizzly bear and a pack of wolves rates right up there at the top. Except we know the answer to this one. Bears and wolves generally don’t mess with each other unless food forces their ...
Bouldering for Beginners: 7 Tips for New Sport Climbers
If you want a workout that’ll turn your body into a length of braided steel, bouldering is a sport for you. Bouldering is a type of rock climbing that doesn’t require a rope or harness because you only climb up 12 to 15 feet. But what the climbs ...
The 5 Best Summer Barbecue Recipes That’ll Punch You Right in the Mouth
Barbecue season is here, and it doesn't matter whether you burn a charcoal kettle grill, fire up the propane, slow-roll pellet smoke, or have hickory chunks soaking — meat and heat are summer AF. Of course, it's easy to get into a barbecue ...
Roadless Rule Reinstated in Tongass National Forest
More than 9 million acres of the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska are safe once again from almost certain logging and mining greenlighted by the last administration. An exemption to the Roadless Rule that was approved by then President ...
1st Female Grizzly in 40 Years Collared in Washington
When it comes to playing hard to get, female grizzlies in Washington state are pros. In 40 years of tracking grizzly bears as part of recovery efforts in the Evergreen State, US Fish and Wildlife Service officials have captured and collared four ...
