Because our region is blessed with an abundance of great trout waters, many anglers from this area tend to forget the most popular gamefish in this country is the largemouth bass. Not only are ...

Every bass angler has an opinion of what the best all-around largemouth bass lure is. Some say the jig, while others tout the spinnerbait as being the fish-catchingest lure in their tackle box. For me ...

The weekly fishing reports always contains news of great catches on soft plastic baits. Last week in Lake County there was the news of how the Culprit Red Shad Worm accounted for a 14 pound, four ...

Angela Perea at Lake Fayetteville Marina recommends using top-water lures for black bass at dawn and dusk. Bluegill fishing ...

Summertime blues are a rare affliction for anglers who feel the tug of a hard-fighting black bass when the weather turns hot. Check their fishing rods, and a good number of them will have a plastic ...

BEAVER LAKE -- Could be there are more black bass caught on plastic worms during spring and summer than on any other lure. These supple fish-catching worms come in every size, from little 4-inchers to ...

The end of the rod trembled a bit as I twitched the plastic worm through the water. The cast into the lily pads had landed with a light plop, and now I was guiding ...

Back in the 60s, Nick Creame began marketing his plastic worms. They were the color of nightcrawlers and most of us fished them the same way. Bunched up on a hook, they really didn’t appeal to bass as ...

There is a plastic worm rig that's so outlandish its creators just had to call it the "wacky worm." It looks silly, yet works like a charm for catching largemouth bass. It has become the secret go-to ...

If you want to start an interesting debate among fishermen, ask them what’s the best lure to catch fish. Over the years, I’ve walked through many aisles in sport shops looking at fishing tackle and ...

Striped bass fishing continues to be good, reports Reece Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers. Stripers are being caught 60 feet deep or deeper, he said. Best baits are brood minnows, shad or ...