After we departed, Bates kept fishing with the Sta-Stuk hooks, as he’s done since 2019. On his next charter trip, No Quarter’s Mike Peet and John Floyd from F&S Boatworks went 9-for-11 on blue marlin, ...

Load up the hook with bait. You want to get a lot of scent in the water. You could gob of minimum of three nightcrawlers on the hook. Or try a dead gizzard shad. Or add both minnows and nightcrawlers.

Make room in your fly box for a few mouse flies. Once you experience the thrill of catching a big trout on a 'Mouse,' you'll understand the obsession.

The spring fishery is open until June 19, when it closes for 11 days before reopening with a one-fish bag limit for July and August. There hasn't been a whole lot of effort out front for fluke.

Someone once said, “Good things come to those who bait.” That definitely could be the case at Burrell Lake Park on June 8, as kids 15 and younger are invited to bait a hook for the annual Kids ...