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 ...

Trout season opens at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 6, in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and that means it’s time for anglers to take stock of their fishing tackle and bait or lure options. For some ...

Many spin fishermen hunt for trout in smaller, wade-friendly streams and rivers. These waters are usually pretty easy to dissect, meaning you’re targeting specific runs, holes, and pockets within them ...

FISHING — Lake Roosevelt rainbows like those pictured above can be caught November-March from shore as well as from a boat by casting a bait rig. Look for a shoreline shelf under 10-15 feet of water ...

The opening day of the 2021 trout fishing season in Pennsylvania – Saturday, April 3 – is approaching fast, but there’s still time for a newcomer to the sport to get geared-up for that big event. Here ...

When I was a kid, the only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional bass fisherman. On Saturday mornings while the others were watching cartoons, I would wake up, pour myself a bowl of Lucky ...

Courtesy photo Creg Strock, owner of Aquatic Imitations, waits on a customer, Chuck Norris, at his shop. Since mid-March, the COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered businesses across the country. A handful ...

If you want to start an interesting debate among fishermen, ask them what’s the best lure to catch fish. Over the years, I’ve walked through many aisles in sport shops looking at fishing tackle and ...

Winter tactics are the best way to catch black bass, said Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers. Good wintertime bass lures include jerk baits, Alabama rigs, jig and pigs and crank baits. Top ...

Alan Bland shows a Beaver Lake crappie he caught May 2 from the Pine Creek arm on the upstream end of the reservoir. The fish ...