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
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
Fast and flashy, spoons drive through slush-filled holes, get to bottom fast and draw fish off all sizes and shapes in from a distance. When compared to more subtle presentations, the weight of spoons...View article
The quest to discover an artificial lure that will work better than any other to catch more and bigger fish may last until the end of time.Over the years, thousands of lures have been invented...View article
Up, down, all around? Which side are you and your tactics on?
If you’re a typical angler, you have your favorites, your comfort zone, your go-to tactics. You may enjoy fishing a certain method, even if other techniques may at times be more effective. Some folks...View article
A wide variety of metallic concoctions have metamorphosed out of the original basic rig-jig format, broadening the scope of heavy-metal walleye lures. Some incorporate livebait or plastic tippers-trailers,...View article
When he was just a kid first learning to fish, he’d spend hours in the musty old basement, peering through his grandfather’s timeworn fishing gear. Rusty old tackle boxes filled with huge lures,...View article
According to legend, the first fishing spoon was a true spoon—an eating utensil. On a summer day in the early 1800s, the story goes, a young man named Julio Buel was struggling to catch fish on Lake...View article
Cold water calls for heavy metal. Steel, zinc, and lead bodies fall fast to reach bass holding in the mildest and stablest environment they can find during fall, winter, and early spring -- deep water....View article
