Regions & waters

Fish by water

Pick your region to see the waters, the species that live in them and when they bite. US regions go deepest; world regions list every species we forecast.

United States

Southern California

Year-round saltwater from San Diego to Santa Barbara — yellowtail, bluefin and calico bass offshore and on the kelp, plus big reservoir bass inland.

San Diego offshore banks · La Jolla kelp · Dana Point to Newport · San Clemente & Catalina Islands

Lake Havasu & the Colorado River

Desert-clear water on the Arizona–California line: stripers, smallmouth, largemouth and world-class redear.

Lake Havasu · Lake Mohave · Lake Mead · Colorado River — Parker Strip

Pacific Northwest

Salmon and steelhead rivers, Puget Sound and the Columbia — plus lingcod and halibut on the coast.

Columbia River · Puget Sound · Westport & the Washington coast · Deschutes River

Northern California

Delta largemouth and stripers, Sierra trout, and the salmon and rockfish fleets of the Bay Area.

Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta · Clear Lake · San Francisco Bay · Shasta Lake

Texas & the Gulf Coast

Redfish, trout and flounder on the flats; snapper and kings offshore; giant bass in the reservoirs.

Laguna Madre · Galveston Bay · Lake Fork · Toledo Bend

Florida

The most fished state in the country — snook, tarpon and redfish inshore, largemouth in the lakes, everything offshore.

Florida Keys · Tampa Bay · Mosquito Lagoon & Indian River · Lake Okeechobee

Southeast Atlantic Coast

Georgia and the Carolinas: redfish in the marsh, flounder and trout in the inlets, kings and mahi offshore.

Charleston Harbor & Lowcountry · Outer Banks · Cape Fear & Wilmington · Lake Murray

Chesapeake Bay & Mid-Atlantic

Striped bass country — the Chesapeake, the Jersey surf and Montauk — with fluke, blues and tog.

Chesapeake Bay · Montauk · New Jersey surf & inlets · Cape Cod & the Canal

Great Lakes

Walleye, smallmouth, salmon and steelhead across five inland seas and their tributaries.

Lake Erie — Western Basin · Lake St. Clair · Lake Michigan — salmon ports · Bay of Quinte

Upper Midwest

Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas — ten thousand lakes of walleye, pike, musky and panfish.

Lake of the Woods · Mille Lacs Lake · Leech Lake · Lake Winnebago

Southeast Reservoirs

Tennessee Valley and the Deep South — the heart of American bass fishing, plus stripers, crappie and catfish.

Lake Guntersville · Chickamauga Lake · Kentucky Lake & Lake Barkley · Lake Lanier

Rocky Mountains

Trout rivers and tailwaters from Montana to New Mexico, plus high-country lakes.

Madison River · Yellowstone River · Bighorn River · South Platte — Deckers & Cheesman

Northeast & New England

Smallmouth rivers, Adirondack trout, Maine brook trout and landlocked salmon.

Lake Champlain · Susquehanna River · Moosehead Lake · Upper Delaware River

Midwest Rivers & Reservoirs

Ozark lakes, Missouri and Mississippi river catfish, and crappie everywhere.

Lake of the Ozarks · Table Rock Lake · Mississippi River — Pool 4 (Lake Pepin) · Missouri River near Kansas City

Rest of the world