Tip-ups probably account for the majority of pike caught through the ice. Countless others are caught incidentally by anglers in pursuit of perch, walleyes or crappies. But jigging is an exciting and ...

About half my life ago on a sizzling July afternoon, Jimmie Hammond and I paced the banks of the lake that protects Braeburn Country Club's No. 1 green up near Bissonnet. For two hours, we launched ...

This story was originally featured on Field & Stream. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to any angler that the shape of a spoon lure is modeled after the same kitchen utensil you use to shovel Frosted ...

1. Insert the hookpoint into the nose of the lure and then out the side. 2. Slide the lure down the shank of the hook until ...

As you read this column about fishing, my wife, son and friend from Kalispell will be on our way to Northern Manitoba for some world class fishing. In preparation for that trip, I must sort through my ...

One such angler is Rapala’s Dave Mower, who already has a lure-caught personal best of 30lb to his name. So, here, Dave ...

The weather has been lousy for fishing over the past week. Creeks are blown out, and winds have made lakes poor places to spend time. So do we lie around the house and grumble, or is there a way to ...

Larry Welcome of Cutchogue has been hooked on fishing since his dad took him for the first time at age 5. Like most anglers, Welcome started fishing using bait and targeting smaller, readily available ...