Spring is the absolute best time of year to catch bass near the bank. Smallmouths, largemouths, and spotted bass all flood ...

With over 20 Eastside lakes now open for fishing it should be no problem for local anglers to develop a backup plan of their ...

When fishing around shallow vegetation ... The classic bait is a soft-plastic worm, but these days folks are Texas-rigging all sorts of soft-plastics from stickbaits and finesse worms to swimbaits ...

The TWRA wants to build a comprehensive report each week of the state’s lakes. If you do not see a report for your favorite ...

All steelhead start life as rainbow trout, but not all rainbow trout will become steelhead. Confused? You’re not alone.

If you’re soaking bait they’re a must ... Tip them with a squid strip or soft-plastic grub to ramp up scent and flutter. Read our full guide to fishing with bucktail jigs. Pre-weighted paddle tail ...

This can give the bass a target when approaching the fake bait ball, ensuring they hit a jighead with a hook as opposed to a teaser or one of the willow blades. In the end, as with every technique, ...

Bass are thick in the shallows and fun to crank in, with good numbers of largemouths taking advantage of warm waters and ...

See how Brandon Palaniuk and top anglers used deep crankbaits, swim jigs, and more to land big bass at the 2025 Bassmaster ...

Another plus for those heading to the Red Wing Lock and Dam is that for the past 40 years or so, the Red Wing Nuclear Power ...

The thick ice we enjoyed this year is holding on most of our inland lakes, but not on Lake Erie,” say many weekend ice ...