It's about time more marine anglers headed for Florida become familiar with this marvelous barrier island on Florida's southwest coast. Keewaydin (pronounced Key-Way-Din) lies south of Naples and…
Up your odds with an assortment of weights for rounded jig heads.
A ball head jig combined with live-bait or rigged with a plastic grub, minnow or worm is a basic presentation — but it's far from…
When a violent earthquake struck the Mississippi River valley during the bitter cold winter of 1811, aftershocks rumbled throughout a 2,000-square-mile area for months. Forty-five square miles of the…
Fishing stained water comes with its own set of rules. Adapting to the conditions, by knowing what plastic body shapes, sounds, and colors work best, will help put more fish in the boat.
Plastic…
Out of all the baits out there for catching walleye, some of the simplest and most productive have to be crawler harnesses. The makeup to the crawler harnesses is very basic (spinner blade, clevis, a…
Most bass anglers would shutter at the thought of throwing an expensive crankbait — one that might have cost as much as a fishing rod 20 years ago — into a shoreline laydown. If you want to fish a…
Mayfly nymphs are an important part of a walleye's diet during certain times in spring and summer. They eat nymphs living in mud, silt and sand bottoms of flats and bays, but they will also follow…
Fly fisherman like all other fishing enthusiasts have the belief that certain patterns or baits work better in a particular seasons or with certain types of fish. The truth behind some of these…
One of the finest ways I know to spend a hot summer day is drifting for flounder. If you live anywhere near the East Coast or Gulf Coast there's likely a good spot or two within driving distance…
The toad's soft-plastic legs kicked out a steady, gurgling tempo as it swam over a 6-foot weed flat. The sound was too steady, I thought to myself. Too predictable, too ordered — something's got to…
Having just returned back from a brook trout trip to Algonquin Provincial Park (Ontario, Canada), I was able to learn first hand what is needed to catch these often cunning, yet scrappy little…
Fly fishing is the first love of many die hard anglers. Few things match the inspirational feeling of loading a rod up and shooting a line 40 feet across a cold, clear trout stream. Equally inspiring…
