One of sport fishing’s most well-known lure-makers, Capt. Bart Miller believed that lures out-fish natural bait for marlin because of the lure’s action as it moves through the water. ©️Scott ...

Even artificial lures with treble hooks (Rebel Pop Rs, Rat-L-Traps and Bomber crankbaits for fishing different depths) at 18 percent mortality had a higher death rate than Carolina-rigged live bait.

Soft plastic lures for threading a hook through with tinsel bits in their bodies that glitter like real fish scales. These crankbaits are best retrieved slowly to avoid startling fish with overly ...

Whether you’re fishing for trout or walleye, in fresh water or salt, you’ll have the best luck with the right bait. These are the eight our expert recommends.

Fishing nowadays is often portrayed on TV as an intense, passionate, complex ... and yes, expensive pursuit. But for every competitive bass fisherman, screaming across the water in a $20,000 bass ...

Lost or discarded soft plastic lures used for fishing remain in the environment and can be deadly to fish that find and eat them. 17-year-old driver killed, passenger seriously injured in Butler ...

Expo lures with boys’ toys, lets anglers rise to the bait; Fishing: A fast, shiny boat, tell-all sonar and a few stinky, slimy artificial baits and these guys are in the net.

There is insect bait as well as reptile or amphibian bait and fish bait. Minnow bait is one of the most popular types of bait, both natural and artificial in creation.

Available in the 110- to 115-millimeter lengths, these lures are still small enough to elicit hits from perch, but big enough to attract the attention of larger game such as striped bass or halibut.

My first fishing experience, like that of many anglers, involved a worm on a hook suspended under a bobber. To this day this is still an effective method of catching fish. Live bait of many types ...

Dennis Armani had an interesting question for the state Department of Environmental Conservation last week concerning “artificial” bait and lures. Armani, 63, of Syracuse, said he’s been ...