It was spring of 1989 when my father and I perused the sporting goods section at Wal-Mart where small-town fishermen like us bought tackle. Being a youngster easily influenced by colorful marketing of ...

A sentimental favorite, this lure just flat-out catches fish and is ideal for the tributary streams white bass run into in the spring to spawn. Selecting lures for white bass—also known as sand bass, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." No piece of fishing tackle generates more heated debate than the choice of fishing lures. So with the ...

I split my time between smallmouth and muskie in rivers, largemouth in reservoirs, and a wide variety of saltwater game fish in the Chesapeake bay. I also travel down throughout the east coast to fish ...

The Lure Love Podcast has crunched the numbers in its database and determined that jigs, by far, have caught the most record fish of any lure type among the nearly 20,000 records it has on file. The ...

My girlfriend -- who hadn't fished seriously until she met me -- recently asked me, "How do you know which lure to choose when you're fishing?" It was a good question. I've been fishing so long, I ...

This article is part of our May 2020 “The Great Texas Fishing Safari” package. Read more here. Texas luremakers have created some of the most storied and successful lures in the nation. From ...

New to redfish? Learn proven baits, where to find reds, and tactical tips on retrieve speed, structure, and conditions to catch more inshore fish.

Big fish smashing a topwater lure is the most exciting sensation in fishing, and there's no better time to experience it than now. Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, Kentucky bass, striped bass and ...