For generations, the white bucktail jig has been hailed as the most versatile lure ever. So effective is its ability to catch any fish anywhere, bucktails were once stocked in military-issue survival ...

The lure with a funny name is serious business when it comes to catching fish in cold water. Jerk baits find favor among anglers when water temperatures dip below 50 degrees. These long, minnow-shaped ...

It would be easy to assume that with such a variety of species swimming in the bays and inshore waters of the U.S. you’d need a book to cover the best saltwater lures. That couldn’t be more untrue.

BOISE, Idaho — Tight Lines 208 is dedicated to helping people become better anglers through education. The Tackle Tip is designed to give readers a crash course on a specific lure or gear item. Want ...

Fall is a great time to target all species of black bass. Towards the end of September and into early October, bass begin to move from their summer hangouts to shallower water in pursuit of baitfish ...

The temptation for a lot of American shad anglers putting in at Easton or Phillipsburg is to stay around the Delaware River's confluence with the Lehigh River. Or they go upstream, so if their boat ...

Shad are found close to, but not always, on the bottom. Bank anglers do best by casting upriver into the current and allowing the lure to sink as it swings before retrieving it just slowly enough to ...

From Northern Florida to Maine, American and hickory shad leave the ocean and pile into coastal rivers every spring to spawn. I’d argue that every East Coast angler should learn how to catch shad. In ...

Although throwing topwater baits is exciting, expecting those explosive blow-ups, reaction baits with better hook-up ratios will put more fish in your boat during Tennessee River reservoir shad-spawns ...