Sport Fishing

The Foreigner

Boy Scouts: Forget Bird Calls, and Earn a Merit Badge in Chess

Later, they would tell people that it was his chess merit badge that won her over.​You can earn a Boy Scout merit badge in fly fishing, in stamp collecting and in something called "pulp and paper." You can even earn one in journalism. But it wasn't until now that the Boy Scouts organization fi ... More >>

Get To Know R6 Implant: (Maybe) "The Most Intense Rock and Roll Experience of Your Life"

Photo courtesy of R6 Implant.​ The good thing about a band calling it quits in St. Louis is that its never really done. R6 Implant is playing a farewell-of-sorts show on Saturday at Cicero's, but this isn't goodbye forever. The bill is shared with the Lion's Daughter, Galaxicon and Iron Hills. ... More >>

St. Louis Fisherman Fends Off Robbers with Fishing Pole

This ain't no fish tale, though it sure sounds like one.​A 67-year-old man fishing in a pond in a north St. Louis park fended off three armed robbers with his fishing pole Tuesday night. According to police, the incident occurred just after 10 p.m. September 28 in O'Fallon Park when the fisherman ... More >>

Life Is Crappie

This ain't no fish tale, though it sure sounds like one.​A 67-year-old man fishing in a pond in a north St. Louis park fended off three armed robbers with his fishing pole Tuesday night. According to police, the incident occurred just after 10 p.m. September 28 in O'Fallon Park when the fisherman ... More >>

We'll Bite

This ain't no fish tale, though it sure sounds like one.​A 67-year-old man fishing in a pond in a north St. Louis park fended off three armed robbers with his fishing pole Tuesday night. According to police, the incident occurred just after 10 p.m. September 28 in O'Fallon Park when the fisherman ... More >>

Re: Otter in Mourning

Aimee's post earlier today about the untimely death of Splash the otter may be the first in a recurring series. The Missouri Department of Conservation decided earlier this month that trappers in the state will be allowed to capture and kill an unlimited number of the critters this year. V ... More >>

Hey, Ho, Let's Go

We'll take the bait

An Arrow Runs Through It: Bowfishers take aim at Asian carp

We'll take the bait

Annual Missouri Fish Advisory

We'll take the bait

Make a Boat of It

We'll take the bait

One Fish, Two Fish

We'll take the bait

Using Their Noodle

Ever catch a 50-pound catfish with your bare hands? He has. So has his dad. And his granddad. And his aunts.

Blue, Fish

B-Sides squares off in a debate about Wilco's new Sky Blue Sky, and compares children's-music faves Trout Fishing in America with, well, the real thing.

Just Because You're Uncomfortable, It Doesn't Mean the Bass Are

B-Sides squares off in a debate about Wilco's new Sky Blue Sky, and compares children's-music faves Trout Fishing in America with, well, the real thing.

Best Public Park

Queeny County Park

Best Fishing Hole

Lake 35

His Name Is Prince

And he is sexy -- maybe the last sexy musician around

Cold Fishin'

Not science, but sport

Fishing With Dynamite

Hookers trade tricks

Best Bluegill Fishing Tournament

The one held every June at Karban's Knotty Pines Tavern

Best Sports Bar

Weber's Front Row

Net Profit

In this age of shrink-wrapped food and health scares, there are still folks who crave the taste of fresh-caught river fish. Jim Beasley casts his nets every day to feed that hunger.