To catch boatloads of big Tennessee River bass during a shad spawn, Major League Fishing Pro David Walker spends his mornings casting reaction baits and finesse rigs at freshwater mussel beds on the ...

For most Southern Maryland fishermen, a rite of passage each spring is catching yellow perch. Whether at Allen’s Fresh, Mason Springs or Waysons Corner, for many locals, the perch run means that ...

Clockwise, from top left: minnow, crayfish, sunfish, shad, frog, and grasshopper. Fathead minnows, leeches and worms are mainstays in bait-shop refrigerators across the country. These old standards ...

I've never forgotten my first shad fishing adventure, even though it took place nearly 40 years ago. I remember that I had no clue what I was doing and I didn't come close to catching a fish. But as a ...

Angela Perea at Lake Fayetteville Marina recommends using plastic worms, jig and pigs or spinner baits for black bass.

Guide Joe Read has been chasing hybrid-striped bass, stripers and white bass on Lake Tawakoni since 1988. Despite high water that has scattered the fish, Read has been having an exceptional year on ...

Spring is American shad season in Connecticut. Decades ago, the number of shad returning to the Connecticut River ran into the tens of thousands. In recent years the numbers have dwindled at an ...

Here is the latest Fishing Report as provided by Texas Parks and Wildlife for Nov. 22. The "swarm" of tens of thousands of ...

Anglers on Hamilton Island below the Bonneville Dam measure a summer chinook to see if it is shorter than 24 inches. The retention of adult Chinook below Bonneville was closed on July 1, but anglers ...

For most Southern Maryland fishermen, a rite of passage each spring is catching yellow perch. Whether at Allen’s Fresh, Mason Springs or Waysons Corner, for many locals, the perch run means that ...

Although throwing topwater baits is exciting, expecting those explosive blow-ups, reaction baits with better hook-up ratios will put more fish in your boat during Tennessee River reservoir shad-spawns ...

Fishing guide Austin Kennedy reports trout are biting well on prepared baits and small jigs fished with light tackle. The water is stained in parts of the tailwater, so small jerkbaits or spoons may ...