Black bass are starting to move deeper as the water warms, said Reece Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers. Try top-water lures at sunrise and sunset. Prime time is the period between first light ...

Austin Kennedy, fishing guide, said trout are biting well on prepared baits. Small jerk baits or Rooster Tails are good lure ...

Catching fish on top-water lures can be so exciting that some anglers would rather catch one fish on a top-water than two or three down deep. Lures that splash and dance across the surface are ...

Striped bass fishing remains strong, as it has been for a long while. Aaron Jolliff at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said brood minnows or shad are the best baits. Have a top-water lure tied on in ...

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.

Closing out the year with our last "Baits of the Month" blog of 2025. If you're like me and live up north, you probably just got a foot of snow dumped on you and won't be fishing anything other than ...

Every topwater strike makes bass fishing more fun. But there’s something about topwater frog fishing—watching that almost comical-looking bait hop and sputter and then get suddenly obliterated—that ...

Today's Fishing Q&A questions are about hook sizes for salmon, in-line teasers, and lure colours for dark or murky waters. Question 1: I am going salmon fishing this coming weekend with a few friends ...

Catch bass in any pond by selecting the right lure for all possible conditions. Like any bass angler, I love tearing across a vast reservoir in a bass boat, but I probably spend twice as much time ...

From an Alaskan guide coming out of retirement for one more shot, to must-have topwater bass baits, to the best soft plastic baits, these stories captured our Sports Illustrated fishing reader’s ...

Clear water exposes every mistake you make as an angler. Fish see farther, react differently, and drift away from... The post ...

Largemouth bass are the most popular game fish in America for one key reason: Accessibility. No matter where you live, there’s a strong possibility there are largemouths close by. Furthermore, you don ...