Anyone who knows me, knows my favorite lure for bass is the spinnerbait. What a lot of you don’t know is that when the water temperature gets around 70 degrees, I can’t wait to throw a 10-inch rubber ...

Plastic worms catch more largemouth bass than any other lure. That’s probably why tackle shops carry so many different types of worms. The baits range in size from a few inches to monstrosities that ...

Fly fishing came into vogue in the early 20th century, and with it came criticism of worm fishing: It was too easy. The debate was considered to be of such importance that, in 1904, Atlantic Monthly ...

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 ...

ARKANSAS — I remember the spot like I was there just yesterday — a scenic cove on a beautiful back-40 farm pond. In shallow water along the bank, button willows grew. Beyond the button willows, in ...

1 Around Lakeland, the bluegill are “popping off real good” on crickets and red worms at Saddle Creek Park. Bass fishing has been tough though. Ten-inch mag trick worms have been the most productive.

1 Around Lakeland, at Tenoroc, bass fishing was best on lakes Cemetery, Coronet, Fish Hook, Lost Lake East, B, C and G. Lakes Butterfly, Shop, 2, 5 and F also had good catch rates. Most of the bass ...