I think it’s fair to say that the average angler gravitates toward the latest and greatest developments in tackle. Don’t get me wrong, I do too. I’m always eager to try a new lure on my home waters, ...

Fox Harmon remembers as a youngster staring in awe whenever his father opened his old, galvanized metal tackle box. The individual slots were filled with brightly colored Dalton Specials, Snagless ...

The fishing world is one of trends. At any given time, tackle manufacturers are toiling away to bring new, exciting, and often expensive lures to market. Thanks to the power of social media, our feeds ...

Q: I have a fishing-tackle box with lures from the 1930s and ’40s. Whom should I contact about the value and possible sale of these items? A: The best place to assess the value of old lures would be a ...

Ever wondered if old school lures still work? We dug out 30-year-old plugs and put them to the test on the Ohio River this spring. To our surprise, those vintage treasures triggered explosive hybrid ...

Before Billy Maxwell and I got married, I followed him from Virginia to Hatteras Island, North Carolina, in the spring after the Bonney brothers were kind enough to assign him a boat slip. At the time ...

A few weeks ago, I met Vinson Bowers at The Mill Pond in Whiteville. The objective was fishing from a wooden boat in waters where he spent much of his childhood. Bowers' father, Lawrence Bowers, built ...

When it comes to the past, the present is pretty bright for hunting and fishing antiques. Old lures, reels, calls and even ammunition boxes remain in demand, as does a wide array of items that hunters ...

There was a bit of magic inside the cardboard box hidden away in the corner of an unused room. The box, about a foot square, barely peeked out from behind the sleeping bags, waders and life jackets ...

With a little TLC, you can revitalize derelict fishing lures back into fish-catching service. I go through this exercise periodically in my ongoing desire to declutter my living space. Most of my ...