Deep in the Ohio River Valley and in eastern Tennessee, a cult of diehard fishermen have been quietly securing the legacy of ...

Larry Welcome of Cutchogue has been hooked on fishing since his dad took him for the first time at age 5. Like most anglers, Welcome started fishing using bait and targeting smaller, readily available ...

Thank God they flick their tails. I’d been hearing one bark for five minutes, but it’s only that ­visual cue that reveals the rodent, flattened and frozen against a hickory 30 yards away. I brace the ...

A very good friend of mine and a great teacher, Hawaiian Capt. Mike Rand, once said to me, “Marlin fishing is a simple thing that we make complicated, only to realize just how simple it is.” No truer ...

Bass fishing starts off with a bang. Bass breed in spring, building beds, laying eggs and protecting their young. This is a ...

One of the interesting things in talking with many of these makers—aside from the competitive nature of the business—is that there is a good deal of sharing of ...

I’ve been ice fishing for trout long enough to know that lure selection can make or break a trip, but on this particular day, I learned that lesson the hard way. I had high hopes, the right spot, and ...

On a fishing boat near Sugar Island in the Detroit River — With the morning sun beating down on him, John Cleveland reeled in a northern pike using a Hot Mackerel Dardevle spoon. At 24 inches, the ...

The largest fishing trade show of the year is set to return to Orlando, Fla., this month after going completely virtual last year because of COVID-19. The International Convention of Allied ...

As successful fishermen know, if you want to catch fish, you have to use the right bait or lure. This is true even in the deep sea, where scientists recently discovered a new species of jelly that ...

An eon ago I bought a spray bottle of some oily, licorice-smelling stuff called Fish Formula that was “guaranteed” to help me catch more bass. Frankly, I never felt like it worked, but it did add a ...