The soft-plastic lure fluttered and kicked like a struggling frog across the weed mat and into the open pocket. Then, with the abrupt swirl that never gets old, a solid bass rose in a boiling strike.

From summer into autumn, Texas' largemouth bass become vulnerable to an affliction caused by their gluttonous appetite. And this makes bass anglers happy. The malady? Frog in the throat. Well, ...

Some 50 years ago, Harry Ehlers was working in the Toto rubber boot factory in Cincinnati, Ohio, when he realized the same dip-mold process used to make the boots could also be used to make a ...

There's nothing dull about casting a frog around lily pads and over weed beds. A frog lure, that is. Bass anglers like to begin their fishing day bay by tying on a top water lure. Largemouth bass have ...

There are certain experiences an outdoors person seems to remember forever. A nice buck emerging from a wooded thicket 5 minutes after legal hunting time on the opening day, a vocal spring gobbler ...

I love to catch bass no matter which lure I use. But there still has to be a best way, right? On my way up to a recent Northwoods bass fishing week, a friend asked if there was some specific bite I ...

I have enjoyed an eventful fishing season, catching my first tarpon in the Florida Keys, and my first cobia in the Chesapeake Bay. Almost as exciting, I have discovered the joy of catching largemouth ...

Guntersville's favorite lure originated over 50 years ago. Harry Ehlers was working in the Toto rubber boot factory in Cincinnati, when he realized the same dip-mold process used to make the boots ...