There’s no indication that Shakespeare’s Juliet was into bass fishing, but her famous line: “A rose by any other name, would smell as sweet,” applies perfectly to one of the sport’s hottest and most ...

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

Visit your nearby bait-and-tackle store, or roam the aisles of Bass Pro Shop, and you’ll be amazed at the variety of jig heads filling the peg boards. Some plain, but most painted in every color ...

It never gets old, the sharp tick experienced when a river walleye inhales a leadhead jig dressed with a fathead minnow. I don’t know how many river walleyes I’ve had the good fortune of catching ...

Generic terms - they tell you everything you need to know about a product's relevance. You see kids throwing a plastic disc in the park or on the beach and you say they're playing Frisbee. The ...

To report the most up-to-date information on fishing in the Midstate, The Tennessean asked for contributions from several avid anglers. They will report on their latest trips and offer tips. To add a ...

There are many givens in life. People like to argue. Ford versus Chevy is common and even paper versus plastic is often-heard debate. Similar battles are fought in the fishing world, too. Fiberglass ...

Lake Vermilion: Anglers are enjoying good walleye and crappie action on the east side of the lake around Pike Bay and on the west side of the lake around Black Bay, by vertical jigging with a jig ...