The essential terminal tackle guide—hooks, weights, jigs—for beginner bass anglers. Use this checklist to build your starter kit and start catching fish now.

“Those aren’t short strikes from bass,” Paul said. “There are a lot of big bluegills in here. They grab the pork rind just as ...

Step 6: Rig a soft-plastic bait to the hook. Insert the hook point into the nose of the soft-plastic bait about a 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch and then run the point out of the bottom.

The open season for largemouth bass and smallmouth bass began on June 15 and will extend through November 30. Not only are ...

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These two methods have put more fish on ... Now cast the rig out and let it hit the bottom. ... The weight will ride through the muck and weeds while the hook and bait stays clean above the bottom.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Amanda Lefton recently announced in a press release, the ...

There are a lot of more sophisticated bullhead rigs than two 1/0, long-shanked, kirbed hooks tied a foot apart with a quarter ounce dipsey sinker tied six inches below the bottom hook, but that's ...

The closest thing to a guarantee of catching fish is to cast into an Ozark stream.

Shaver Lake produced fast limits of kokanee and trout amid active morning bites New Melones and Don Pedro featured strong kokanee runs between 40 to 75 feet deep Striped bass action improved in the ...

Many of us Lake Erie walleye anglers have grown up with friends where the only lure to use for walleye fishing was a worm ...