Fooling pressured fish takes more than picking the right lure. It takes understanding how fish respond when they’ve been hooked, chased, bumped, and stared at all season. Heavily pressured lakes are ...

How can you not respect the lake trout? A potential goliath of a freshwater predator, the laker is a stunningly attractive creature—hard charging, typically delicious and a survivor of every ...

There are hundreds of bass lures lining the compartments of my boat. I’ve spent a small fortune over the years collecting different lure designs, colors, and sizes to ensure that I’m ready for any ...

Alan Bland shows a Beaver Lake crappie he caught May 2 from the Pine Creek arm on the upstream end of the reservoir. The fish ...

So how do these anglers manage to snag the best fish week-after-week? It's all in the bait. Some of the anglers who submit photos were kind enough to reveal the baits they use for their catches, and ...

Soft plastic baits are the workhorse lure when it comes to catching largemouth bass. Find out why you should stock up on worms, craws, creature baits, swimbaits, stickbaits and toads in order to ...

As the bass spawn begins to wind down each spring, the shad spawn begins to peak. And that's good news for anglers who know how to take advantage of this bounty. Young Ryan Winchester and Jake Lee, ...