When learning how to fish for bass, an essential first lesson for beginners is to master a few essential fishing rigs that use soft baits—whether they’re worms, crawfish, tube baits, or creature baits ...

Soft swimbaits have become a mainstay in every serious fisherman’s tackle box in recent years. They are less expensive than their hardbait alternatives, are a lot more versatile and, most of all, ...

In-line spinners, spoons, and hardbaits get all the love in the trout game, and rightfully so. These lures have been punishing browns, rainbows, and brookies for many decades. As the old adage goes, ...

Learning to effectively and efficiently use an artificial lure to trick a bass into biting is an important step in your development as an angler. Adding additional techniques to your repertoire helps ...

The lake trout fishing was good on a recent trip in Ontario’s Quetico Provincial Park, just north of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The four of us, trolling minnow-imitation ...

Spinnerbaits, the classic component of every well-stocked tackle box, have taken a backseat to umbrella rigs, vibrating jigs, and even Texas-rigged swimbaits in recent years, but they still can create ...

Tackle store shelves are overburdened with every style and shape of soft plastic bait imaginable. And although all undoubtedly catch largemouth bass to some extent, they also can do a great job at ...

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.

A roundup of the latest and greatest saltwater lures that catch more fish inshore, offshore, trolling and jigging. The post ...