Trout season is getting ever closer, with the statewide Mentored Youth Trout Day, Saturday, March, 30, and the statewide opening day a week later, Saturday, April 6. Few experiences are more pleasing ...

The author holds an early spring lake trout caught while trolling a crankbait just a few feet below the surface of Lake Superior. / Joe Shead There are lots of different ways to catch lake trout, but ...

Trout magnets come in a variety of colors, but popular choices are brown and chartreuse. With their spinning blades, traditional in-line spinners, such as this classic Mepp's Aglia, attract trout with ...

With river flows low and gentle, now is a great time to chase trout with stickbaits in the tailwaters below our Ozark reservoirs. Properly trolling a stickbait requires precision. Our favorite ...

Almost any casting technique is effective for the opening of trout season, but now that the first few weeks of the season have passed, pressured fish can be found in areas that are the hardest to ...

There are lots of different ways to catch lake trout, but the key to consistency is knowing the best techniques and lures to use based on the current conditions and the fish’s patterns and preferences ...