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Reading water, packing right, going guided, and the programs worth chasing.

Turkey River

Waterway

Northeast Iowa limestone country, a longer and larger Driftless river than the Upper Iowa, with strong smallmouth and a genuine walleye and…

Kankakee River

Waterway

A clean, sand-and-limestone river running west out of Indiana through Momence and Kankakee River State Park, with the best combination of smallmouth…

Fox River

Waterway

Chicago suburban smallmouth water hiding in plain sight, running through Elgin, Aurora and Yorkville with rock, riffles and dam tailwaters the whole…

Suwannee River

Waterway

The blackwater river of the song, running out of the Okefenokee across north Florida past dozens of first-magnitude springs to the Gulf,…

Salt River

Waterway

The Salt River Canyon float below the White Mountains, a spring whitewater and smallmouth run through Sonoran desert and saguaro to Roosevelt…

White River (Indiana)

Waterway

Indiana's main-stem smallmouth and catfish river, running southwest out of Indianapolis past Martinsville and Spencer toward the Wabash.

Susquehanna River

Waterway

A mile-wide smallmouth river through Harrisburg, fished from jet boats and skiffs on the ledges and grass beds from Sunbury down to…

Wisconsin River

Waterway

The Lower Wisconsin State Riverway, ninety-two undammed miles of sandbars and islands from Prairie du Sac to the Mississippi, floated for smallmouth,…