Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics Snakeheads are the ideal warm water game fish: They reliably eat topwater baits with explosive bites. You don’t need a ton of specialized gear or electronics to catch them. They are excellent table fare.  Plus, their home range is expanding. In 2002 there was a relatively isolated population of northern snakehead (which are non-native in U.S. waters) in Crofton, Maryland, and that range has since expanded so widely that they are now regularly caught in eight states. Most notably, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, and…

Though the drone was designed to haul supplies across the battlefield, the Army recently tried adding a new capability to its body to see if it could do something else entirely: fire rockets. During an experiment at Fort Rucker, Alabama, defense industry partners successfully attached a three-shot weapon system on a Tactical Resupply Vehicle, or TRV 150 drone, in an attempt to fire 70 millimeter rockets, according to an Tuesday Army release. The move is aimed at bringing more capabilities to lower echelons of command. “Normally, industry waits for requirements to come out of the government, and they meet that…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics This story, “Brown Bass of the Buffalo,” appeared in the April 1965 issue of Outdoor Life. Though we had scarcely left the landing near Rush, an abandoned mining village, for our float on the Buffalo River, a wild new world was already ours. This narrow, serpentine river. which rambles tor 128 beautiful, canyon-like miles through the green Ozark mountains across the top of western Arkansas, had caught us in its six-mile current and was drifting us rapidly along. Dramatic bluffs, some 500 feet high, dwarfed our…

United States ruler Donald Trump has threatened to attack and “blow up” Oman if it doesn’t “behave.”  Should Oman attempt to seize control of the Strait of Hormuz, which has effectively been closed since the US and Israel launched attacks against Iran in February, the US would be willing to attack its own ally, Trump said. According to a report by Reuters, Trump made the remarks after Iranian state TV reported that it obtained an unofficial draft agreement that would reopen the vital waterway, with Iran and Oman jointly managing maritime traffic. Hegseth: Hormuz Blockade Stays “As Long As It Takes”…

After nearly 10 months, Marines assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit are finally heading home. The 22nd MEU, embarked with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, deployed from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, in August and headed for the Caribbean, where personnel took part in Operation Southern Spear, the Pentagon’s campaign to combat what it has labeled as narcoterrorist operations to push illicit drugs into the United States. The Iwo Jima ARG, which included the namesake amphibious assault ship, the amphibious transport dock Fort Lauderdale and the amphibious transport dock San Antonio, made headlines earlier this year…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics Lake Superior trout guide Ethan Waytashek is on one hell of a roll these days. On May 9 one of his clients, Joseph Bouta, landed the new Minnesota record lake trout. The catch marks the fourth time that one of Waytashek’s clients has broken Minnesota’s catch-and-release laker record. In fact, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources can’t even keep up with his record-breaking catches. On May 18, the DNR announced that a resident angler, Matthew Hammer, had broken the state’s catch-and-relase lake trout record with a…

Shortly after midnight, the United States struck Iran’s southern port city of Bandar Abbas, which is home to a naval base. A US official described the actions as “measured, purely defensive, and intended to maintain the ceasefire.” Trump: Iran Ceasefire Is “On Life Support” In addition to the strikes, the US official told media outlets that American forces shot down four Iranian kamikaze drones that “posed a threat around the Strait of Hormuz” and had also struck a ground control station in Bandar Abbas that “was about to launch a fifth drone.” Previously, there had been reports of the US striking Iranian…

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This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The End of the American Dream.  Most people don’t seem to realize that we are in World War III right now. This is the third major global war in modern history, but the vast majority of the population is still convinced that what we are experiencing is just temporary and that peace is just around the corner. Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, there have been endless headlines about a potential peace deal, but nothing has ever materialized. In the Middle East, there have been some short-term ceasefires since…

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U.S. forces deployed to war zones have been targeted using commercially available location data, according to reports fielded by military officials, an illustration of how the global surveillance economy is shaping the battlefield.In a letter shared with Reuters by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, U.S. Central Command said it had “received multiple threat reports concerning adversary exploitation of commercial location data to target or surveil U.S. personnel in theater.” The message, sent on April 14, offered no further specifics, but CENTCOM’s area of responsibility includes the Gulf, where U.S. forces are facing off against the Iranian military over…

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Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Best Overall Titan Pro 55Q High Performance Best Value Igloo Trailmate 50 Most Portable Yeti Roadie 48 Over the years I’ve tested dozens and dozens of coolers: Big coolers. Small coolers. Backapck coolers. Electric coolers. One thing I’ve learned is that there is a shocking difference in quality between the best coolers and those that are just ho-hum. But also that price is not always a great indicator of quality, with relatively unknown brands often impressing me more than those that…

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