Find Your State’s Best Fishing Spots
Use this interactive map to find your next fishing spot in the USA!
WHAT’S NEW?
Lake Jennings: 2024 Angling Guide & Fish Stocking Plan
Lake Jennings near San Diego isn’t big but is well stocked with trout and catfish and known for occasional big bass. Read our complete fishing guide.
72,000 Trout Stocked in a Single Western Washington Lake
72,000 catchable rainbow trout will be stocked at Western Washington’s Mayfield Lake this spring and summer.
Trabuco Creek: Trout Fishing in Orange County’s Mountain Stream
Trabuco Creek is Orange County’s trout stream, especially when it’s stocked with hatchery rainbow trout.
The 19 Biggest Bass Caught in Texas During 2024 (So Far)
Anglers submitted 19 bass over 13 pounds to the Toyota ShareLunker program in Texas during the first three months of 2024.
11 Best Bass Fishing Lakes and Rivers in New Jersey
Don’t let the so-called bass experts lure you out of the Garden State. New Jersey packs excellent bass fishing lakes and rivers into a small state.
2024 Spring Chinook Fishing Extended on the Columbia River
The spring chinook salmon season on the Lower Columbia River will be extended an extra four days through Tuesday, April 9.
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
Best Fishing in America launched more than a decade ago in Oregon and is expanding across the U.S. Our goal is to provide a free, easy-to-use website where recreational anglers can learn where, when and how to get the most out of their precious fishing time, whether close to home or on the road.
Publisher Eric Apalategui has been an award-winning West Coast journalist and teacher for more than 20 years — and crazy about fishing much longer. Co-conspirators who share their angling insights on this website include expert writers and researchers, fishing guides, tackle shop owners, lodge operators, tackle manufacturers, angling organization members and, of course, lots of fellow fishing fanatics.