Using topwater lures to catch fish is a favorite technique of many fishermen. The lure wobbles across the surface, imitating a thrashing, wounded baitfish, and the strikes come in knee-weakening violence.[…]
Tim Bye wants his pull rope to last as long as possible, and he’s come up with a way to do that using a piece of flexible rubber tubing.[…]
When Barbara and Les Picard call themselves “island people,” they don’t mean to imply that they are natives of Grand Isle. It means they love all islands, whether in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, or the Gulf of Mexico.[…]
It’s no secret that jetties attract speckled trout, which hide in the rocks and feed on bait washing by. Here’s how you can find fishing spots on the rocks.[…]
Angler David Meyers explains how he learned to use macaroni boiled in crab boil for mangrove snapper chum from an old timer.[…]
Some fish you never think seriously of eating. […]
Gray triggerfish are a prized bycatch to red snapper fishing. Their delectable table qualities are evident in their nickname “armored snapper.”[…]
The Atchafalaya River is influenced by the Gulf of Mexico tide, and that affects water movement far into the swamps.[…]
The biggest argument with crankbait anglers is centered around rod selection. The big question is whether graphite or fiberglass rods are best.[…]
If an angler wants to match the hatch, size matters when selecting a lure. But so does color.[…]
Drop-shots aren’t the only finesse rigs that can be beefed up to provide bass a bite-enducing curve ball. Here are some other options:[…]
If the heavy finesse strategy has a hang-up, then we’ve punned our way into the explanation — hang-ups, snags, entanglements.[…]
Bank fishing is like anything else: You can make it simple or you can make it complicated.[…]
In some cases, bank-fishing can make you king.[…]
By flipping his frogs, Kenny Covington is able to put his lure in places where other topwater lures just can’t go.[…]
During a bass-fishing trip to Toledo Bend the middle of May, Jason Pittman and his dad Floyd found themselves flinging hollow-bodied frog on top of grass mats in the back of a pocket.[…]