That’s how it usually starts. The next thing you know, somebody hands you a box of lures and says, “Let’s build a trolling spread with these.” Now the hard work really begins: Choosing which lures to ...

My girlfriend -- who hadn't fished seriously until she met me -- recently asked me, "How do you know which lure to choose when you're fishing?" It was a good question. I've been fishing so long, I ...

“It was the second day of the Big Rock tournament in North Carolina two years ago, and we were fishing the first Viking 72 demo boat,” Capt. Ryan Higgins recalls. “We decided to make a long run to the ...

Freshwater anglers have lots of topwater options. In the bass game especially, those looking for surface eruptions can dip into practically any lure genre and find the perfect bait to call up a hog.

Tube baits have skyrocketed in popularity in recent years. The first tube lure, Bobby Garland's Gitzit, was created some 30 years ago to catch bass from deep, clear western reservoirs. Savvy ...

Bass throughout the country can’t pass on a high-protein meal like a crawfish. Craw jigs are especially effective on ...

September is a transitional month for bass fishing and can be one of the trickiest all year, but October generally seems to be much more productive for me. Some fish will stay deeper, some will move ...

A cold rain dimpled an otherwise calm surface at the Sandts Eddy boat launch on the cloudy dawn as Blaine Mengel Jr. gunned his jet engine and headed up the Delaware River. I’d rolled from bed at 4 ...

On paper, explaining how a suspending jerkbait works couldn’t be easier. On the water, getting one to truly suspend is no easy task. All that “suspending” on the packaging of jerkbaits means is that ...