Welcome To Cast Across America

Cast Across America is an organization devoted solely to the promotion of fishing. Developed by a group of us who love the sport, we search the web for the best fishing blogs, videos, websites, news articles and features and deliver them to you in one place. On these pages you will find useful and interesting Resources to help you plan a day of fishing, whether you are a first-timer or the experienced angler. Included are weather reports, lake maps and information on how to fish for specific species. There are fun items too! We have links to outfitters, kids' pages, games, discussion forums, and so on. You'll find a Photo Gallery with some of our favorite fishing pictures, and we invite you to add your own. Each month we publish and post CAA News with monthly feature and other Cast Across America updates. The Cast Across America Channel on You Tube is a collection of the web's best fishing videos and now you can catch up on past features in the new Archives section.

We also have some exciting new products and website features in development for release later in the year. Stay tuned for the release of our Lure of the Month Club.

In the meantime, grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and enjoy this great article from Pete Maina, America's authority on Pike and Muskie fishing.

Catch & Release Basics for Toothy Critters

- by Pete Maina

As esox anglers, we all know the importance of catch and release to the future of our sport. Good intentions alone don't make for successful releases. If the esox doesn't survive the release, wasted effort and fish flesh is the result. There is no complete substitute for experience. No doubt, the more fish you handle, the more efficient you'll be at it. However, even beginners that have a plan can be successful releasers. Sacred as these fish are to some of us, they're just fish. Realistically, it's not entirely necessary that the release be "pretty" as long as it's effective.   More >>>