Fishing

It makes financial sense to partially fill a fishing reel spool with backing. Here’s how to do it correctly.

Targeting monster largemouth bass with wild shiners is very effective, but you must be rigged correctly. Your standard bass gear isn’t the best choice.

ICAST is the largest sportfishing trade show in the world, and it recently announced its 2021 “Best of Category” winners, plus its "Best of Show" award.

During 2020, a surge in youth, female, Hispanic and African American fishing participation supported record numbers of anglers.

Popping frog action has just been super-sized with the SPRO Dean Rojas Bronzeye Poppin’ Frog 70.

Many summertime bass move to deep weedlines, and the best way to catch them is with a jigworm (aka Ned Rig).

Frog fishing for summertime bass can be deadly, provided you follow these three simple tips for success.

Anglers often misuse the terms “power” and “action” when talking about fishing rods. Do you know the difference?

If you have fishing rods with cork handles that need cleaning, then reach for the baby wipes.

Chances are good that your father introduced you to fishing. Here’s a chance to say “thank you” with a book celebrating the history and culture of fishing.

Bass fishing icon Davy Hite carries a 50-year-old pliers and packaged spinnerbait in his boat to keep everything in perspective.

Several studies with tagged bass shed light on the question: Where they go after being weighed and released in a tournament?

It’s every competitive bass anglers dream to have a mega bag on the final day of an event to cruise to victory, and recently that dream became a reality for Texan Lee Livesay.

With the new Spro Little John 50/MD50 crankbaits you can create those loud rattling sounds that bass zero in on.

The creation of new fish habitats along the Georgia coast are funded by excise taxes paid by manufacturers of sport fishing gear and on motorboat fuel.

The winning team at the recent Crappie Masters tournament on Grenada Lake in Mississippi checked in 14 crappies for a total weight of 42.84 pounds, which is a 3.06-pound average.

A walleye weighing 16.39 pounds on a certified scale is likely to be North Dakota’s new state record.

No. 1 on the author’s bucket list is a visit to the Trinity River in southeast Texas to fish with alligator gar guru Henry Martin, who recently landed an 8-footer on hook and line.

We recently published a story about the numerous double-digit largemouth bass coming from O.H. Ivie Reservoir in Texas, and now it has produced a possible new lake record white bass.

Canadian Jeff Gustafson dominated the field at the recent BASS Elite on the Tennessee River, and he caught every one of his 20 smallmouth bass (four day event) on the same lure type.

During the past 10 days, no lake on the planet has been hotter for trophy largemouth bass than O.H. Ivie Reservoir in Texas.

In Canada and the northern United States, burbot spawn in February and March — under the ice! Most burbot are caught after dark by ice anglers, but it’s possible to find these deep-water fish during the day, too.

Lightweight performance and extreme durability are hallmarks of the new American-made St. Croix Victory bass rods.

A black crappie weighing 4 pounds, 5 ounces, was caught from Clear Lake on Feb. 17, 2021, and pending certification it will become California’s new state record.

Believe it or not, it’s fairly easy to remove Y-bones from northern pike. Here are the three keys to success.

All-new SPRO Gouken fishing line offers serious power at a reduced diameter in an invisible fluorocarbon design.

According to these three hardcore ice anglers from Minnesota, some of the biggest crappies in the state live within 60 miles of downtown Minneapolis. And this video proves it.

You can’t catch big crappies when your lure is in the mouth of small ones. By choosing the right size lure you can weed out almost all of the smaller fish.

Gorilla Grip gloves deliver outstanding grip in wet and oily environments, and highly breathable construction for all-day comfort and extreme dexterity.