The unusually cold weather over the past several weeks has dropped the water temperatures at Barkley and Kentucky Lakes down into the 40s, which normally occurs in late December or early January. As a ...

My curiosity about stinger hooks was first aroused when flipping through the saltwater section in a Bass Pro Shops catalog some years ago. I saw the large “butterfly” jigs weighing several ounces each ...

Each year about this time, walleye and sauger on the Mississippi River migrate upstream until they run into a lock and dam. This, of course leads to a massive buildup of fish below the dams — and ...

Normal water surface temperatures at Barkley and Kentucky lakes for this time of year are in the mid- to upper 40s, which usually occurs in late December or early January. This year the water ...

Some fish — especially walleyes — are notorious for short striking. You feel the take, set the hook and ... nothing. The best way to increase your odds of connecting is to add a stinger hook — an ...

Fall sauger fishing is improving on the Illinois River. Just ask Hook, Line & Sinker friends Max Actis and Mike Stuckert of Spring Valley. The pair combined to win the two-day Governor’s Cup event ...

Have you ever been fishing when the fish seem to know where your night crawler ends and your fishing hook begins? When this happens, the fish are short biting your single hook setup. The two species ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will be holding a come-one, come-all sauger fishing event on the Missouri River near the Fred Robinson Bridge. It's called the 2004 Middle Missouri River Sauger Spawn.