In some lakes and reservoirs across North America, riprap is the biggest draw for crappies during early season. Brad Whitehead, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, guides on Wilson and Pickwick reservoirs on the...View article
Growing up in Alaska and fishing for salmon all my life, I learned to fish with spoons around the same time I learned to ride a bike and read a book. Spoons are deadly against aggressive predators in...View article
When it happens at a distance, and it often does, you can just barely see and feel the subtle wobble and flash of the lure as it’s gently pulled forward, left, then right—then left-right. You’re...View article
Many of us have long rods in our catfishing arsenals. Some are pool cues for manhandling giant blue catfish or flatheads, others are soft-tipped steelhead-type sticks to reach into logjams and hoist...View article
In 2009, Kevin VanDam won his 5th BASS Angler-of-the-Year Award and second in two years, winning 2 of 9 events and finishing in the top 10 at 4 others. In the last two years, he’s notched four victories...View article
As you read this in June, a walleye near you is eating lures right now. To ensure that your lure is one of them, we’ve tapped 10 of the keenest minds in walleye fishing, revealing those sacred bites...View article
When it happens at a distance, and it often does, you can just barely see and feel the subtle wobble and flash of the lure as it’s gently pulled forward, left, then right—then left-right. You’re...View article
I’ve fished many of the greatest walleye fisheries in North America—and I’ve fished many of the most average, just like some of those out your backdoor. One pattern that develops during spring...View article
The test of time places spoons high on any list of trophy pike producers. Results from every big-fish contest ever monitored for a decade or more attest to their long-standing favor. In...View article
