When you absolutely, positively have to catch a fish, live bait is the only way to go, period. While artificial lures are variously new, improved, or otherwise hyped worldwide, the lowly worm and its ...

The 36th annual Greater Jacksonville Kingfish Tournament gets underway this week, with the general fishing days Thursday and Friday out of Jim King Park off Heckscher Drive on the north side of the St ...

When it comes to catching fish, the pattern of hook and how you hook your bait really does matter. For soft baits like maggots or meat, poor hooking can burst them, split them, or even cause them to ...

The snell is a bit of an odd knot. Most anglers don’t know how to tie it, largely because while it has advantages in certain fishing styles, it’s not nearly as versatile as other common connections.

Is the Alabama Fishing Rig legal to use in Wisconsin? It depends on how it’s used by anglers. The Alabama Fishing Rig involves one fishing line that has five separate baits or lures attached. Each has ...

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.