An eon ago I bought a spray bottle of some oily, licorice-smelling stuff called Fish Formula that was “guaranteed” to help me catch more bass. Frankly, I never felt like it worked, but it did add a ...

March is here and in many places around the country, bass are in their prespawn phase. Of course, up here in Wisconsin we still have ice on the water, and down in Florida, bass are already on beds.

Jason Marx couldn't park a toy car in his garage. It's full of everything fish. His fishing boat takes up half of the garage at his Elkins home. Rods, reels and boxes on top of boxes full of fishing ...

In this unusual fishing experiment, the team decides to test whether a broken iPhone can actually work as a fishing lure. The damaged phone is rigged with hooks and cast into the water to see if any ...

Big baits catch big bass. It's that simple. But knowing when and how to throw these giant lures isn't as cut and dry. There are specific scenarios where bass respond better to larger baits and are ...

What Is a Slip Bobber and Why Use One? A slip bobber is a low-impact way to present a bait at a certain depth, whether it's just off the bottom, just above weed tops or at the same level as suspended ...

Big fish smashing a topwater lure is the most exciting sensation in fishing, and there's no better time to experience it than now. Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, Kentucky bass, striped bass and ...

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 ...

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.

There are few anglers who don’t get a charge when seeing a wild-acting fish break water, especially right where they threw their bait. And we all get into the fight, that physical connection we relish ...