
Podcast: The Anglers Journal Origin Story
Back in 2013, longtime fisherman and magazine editor Bill Sisson had an idea for a different kind of fishing magazine.

Back in 2013, longtime fisherman and magazine editor Bill Sisson had an idea for a different kind of fishing magazine.

Finding harmony and fishing success by relying on your senses and turning off your phone.

As the author and angler Frank Woolner once wrote: “The first striped bass of a fresh new season is a mightily important fish.”

Larry Maderia and Joe Manette caught up with the writer beside a tidal river they fished together more than 50 years ago.

I grew up in a tribe of Swamp Yankees and, without realizing it, came to embody some of their ways and salty language, outlooks, perspectives and mannerisms.


Catching stripers in the November surf when the world seemed simpler.

November is not without its attractions as another fishing season in the Northeast winds down.

You feel the end of the season acutely on the outer islands and headlands and beneath the bluffs.

Life should be an adventure, especially the fishing life that Anglers Journal espouses

Back in 2013, longtime fisherman and magazine editor Bill Sisson had an idea for a different kind of fishing magazine.

Finding harmony and fishing success by relying on your senses and turning off your phone.

As the author and angler Frank Woolner once wrote: “The first striped bass of a fresh new season is a mightily important fish.”

Larry Maderia and Joe Manette caught up with the writer beside a tidal river they fished together more than 50 years ago.

I grew up in a tribe of Swamp Yankees and, without realizing it, came to embody some of their ways and salty language, outlooks, perspectives and mannerisms.

Win a set of Simms Pro Dry raingear worth $1,200

Catching stripers in the November surf when the world seemed simpler.

November is not without its attractions as another fishing season in the Northeast winds down.

You feel the end of the season acutely on the outer islands and headlands and beneath the bluffs.

Life should be an adventure, especially the fishing life that Anglers Journal espouses