Mastering the cast net is a game-changing skill for any angler—and once you learn it, you’ll use it for life. This ...

Employing frisky live bait indigenous to the water fished is almost always the most effective way to catch fish in fresh and saltwater. Bait shops do a good job of providing live baitfish or shrimp to ...

When the fishing is slow, sometimes my buddies and I prefer to find frogs, spring lizards, worms, hellgrammites, and more.

In theory, fly-fishing is a simple sport: Pick a body of water, choose a fly-fishing rod, select your “fly” (or bait), tie a secure knot, cast your line and, hopefully, land a fish on the ...

Related: Salmon return to lay eggs in historic habitat after largest dam removal project in US history Whelan says you can usually feel it when a fish hits the net. “You’re never quite sure at ...

And you got people who choose to fish off the beach with a bobber. And sometimes they do better there.” There are about five licensed sport bait herring fisheries in the state, said Todd Sandell ...