Spring often provides excellent bass fishing in lakes. Warming water brings fish shallow to feed and reproduce. Things often change come summer, as fish move into a variety of habitats, often ones ...

Drop shotting has gone from a fringe technique, looked down upon by some hardcore bass anglers, to a staple for catching largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass. While it’s known as a limit-getting ...

Balog’s drop shot rigs consist of a No. 1 Gamakatsu hook tied to 6-pound test fluorocarbon line using a Palomar knot to make the hook stand straight out from the line with the point up. Balog usually ...

When drop shot baits first appeared on the mainstream bass scene, having made the long journey from Japan to California and then eastward, anglers generally didn’t appreciate the technique. For the ...

The Tatula sports some excellent components and an ultra-sensitive graphite construction that outperformed all the other rods we tested. The extremely durable Veritas comes at an excellent price point ...

The bass are lethargic. The anglers are lethargic. Even the cormorants are lethargic. Everybody is ready for a change, for fall, football and a breath of cooler air. While we wait, however, a change ...

Salmon are starting to show up in the lower Niagara River, steelhead are knocking on the door of Lake Erie tributaries, and there is plenty of action going on in our open Great Lakes for a variety of ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Ozarks First Daybreak Anchor Jesse Inman went out on Long Creek off of Table Rock Lake with Eric Frey of the Focused Fishing Guide Service to try to catch some bass. It was a very ...

Like many hobbies, fishing can be as complicated as we make it. Most trips can be successful with just a few hooks, some worms and a handful of trusty lures. But fishing also provides plenty of ...