Cold temperatures and short days make bass, and bass anglers, lethargic. But hardy souls who brave the elements are rewarded ...

I split my time between smallmouth and muskie in rivers, largemouth in reservoirs, and a wide variety of saltwater game fish in the Chesapeake bay. I also travel down throughout the east coast to fish ...

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 ...

Growing up as I did in mid-Ohio, I didn’t have much reason to think about what might constitute the best salmon lures. Walleyes? Yes. Crappies? Absolutely. Smallmouth? From time to time; but never ...

Freshwater anglers have lots of topwater options. In the bass game especially, those looking for surface eruptions can dip into practically any lure genre and find the perfect bait to call up a hog.

Decisions, decisions. If you’re a fly angler, you have lots to make. Yes, there are plenty of different lures on tackle-shop shelves, but not nearly as many as there are different fly patterns in well ...

Some seasons sneak up on you. You look back at the baits you leaned on, and you realize you... The post Lures you should be throwing more this season appeared first on The Avid Outdoorsman.

One of the most interesting new fishing lures to hit the market this fall comes from Lunkerhunt, which has produced a number of unique baits over the past few years. The company’s newest hollow-bodied ...

Any trout fishermen attempting to descend the icy roads leading down to the White River below Bull Shoals last weekend could have pulled off some Winter Olympics moves with their vehicles. However, ...