Deep in the Ohio River Valley and in eastern Tennessee, a cult of diehard fishermen have been quietly securing the legacy of ...

The Lure Love Podcast has crunched the numbers in its database and determined that jigs, by far, have caught the most record fish of any lure type among the nearly 20,000 records it has on file. The ...

Growing up as I did in mid-Ohio, I didn’t have much reason to think about what might constitute the best salmon lures. Walleyes? Yes. Crappies? Absolutely. Smallmouth? From time to time; but never ...

March is here and in many places around the country, bass are in their prespawn phase. Of course, up here in Wisconsin we still have ice on the water, and down in Florida, bass are already on beds.

The Hideup Coike — a strange spiny bait resembling a sea urchin — is quickly becoming one of the hottest bass lures in the country. Learn how anglers are rigging and fishing this unique bait.

Companies have spawned seemingly every conceivable critter into a topwater bait—from frogs and rodents to flying mammals, birds, and even turtles. While some lures achieve instant notoriety for their ...

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.

Nothing makes an offshore angler’s blood boil more than a disparaging comment attacking the lures he’s pulling. I got set up like a bowling pin during the Miami International Boat Show this past year ...

Whether you’re out fun fishing or competing in a big-money tournament, lure fishing provides the opportunity to cover a lot of ground and a great chance at hooking the fish of a lifetime. We asked top ...

Ask a serious bass angler how to catch a true trophy largemouth, and there’s a strong possibility that glide baits are going to come up. These large and jointed hard lures represent mammoth prey like ...

As you read this column about fishing, my wife, son and friend from Kalispell will be on our way to Northern Manitoba for some world class fishing. In preparation for that trip, I must sort through my ...

Today's Fishing Q&A is about the difference between spinning reels and baitcasting reels, what are good baits for grass carp, and how to fish in areas where there is a lot of debris. Question 1: So I ...