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

Larry Welcome of Cutchogue has been hooked on fishing since his dad took him for the first time at age 5. Like most anglers, Welcome started fishing using bait and targeting smaller, readily available ...

A very good friend of mine and a great teacher, Hawaiian Capt. Mike Rand, once said to me, “Marlin fishing is a simple thing that we make complicated, only to realize just how simple it is.” No truer ...

I’ve been ice fishing for trout long enough to know that lure selection can make or break a trip, but on this particular day, I learned that lesson the hard way. I had high hopes, the right spot, and ...

I think it’s fair to say that the average angler gravitates toward the latest and greatest developments in tackle. Don’t get me wrong, I do too. I’m always eager to try a new lure on my home waters, ...

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.

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 ...

Mississippi fisherman and lure maker Eric Mayo has been on a record-breaking tear over the last five or so years. On April 11, Mayo was fishing his family’s farm pond near his hometown of Petal where ...

An eon ago I bought a spray bottle of some oily, licorice-smelling stuff called Fish Formula that was “guaranteed” to help me catch more bass. Frankly, I never felt like it worked, but it did add a ...

As successful fishermen know, if you want to catch fish, you have to use the right bait or lure. This is true even in the deep sea, where scientists recently discovered a new species of jelly that ...