. Soaking cut bait has a bit of a stigma of being dumbed-down fishing, but there’s actually a lot of science and technique that goes into the proper hacking, rigging, and fishing of a bloody, dripping ...

Brunning fishes the lure on either spinning or casting gear, and he uses braided line tied to a 7-foot fluorocarbon leader to help the Senko fall just a bit faster. To the leader, he ties a 4/0 hook ...

Maybe if you turned back newspaper pages — and turned back lots of 'em — you’d see mentions of somethings called a “Split-tail Beetle,” and “Lucky 13” and “Devil’s Horse.” Oh, not turning back to what ...

Most good anglers are well aware that a surface chugging plug at times attracts and catches more fish than anything in a tackle box. These same anglers also are likely aware that natural baits and ...

The morning was overcast with occasional drizzle, and the redfish were finicky — as if they weren't wet already. The four downriggers trolled a variety of lures that usually work on cloudy days at ...

The most useful and versatile inshore terminal-tackle rig in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia is a sliding cork affair, appropriately called the "float rig." It's also the inshore rig that ...

KEMAH — Jody Jackson, when he was a young buck bass guide and tournament angler in Central Texas, was known as an innovator, traveling well outside the borders of the so-called box to find and catch ...

1. At Big Pier 60 in Clearwater, mangrove snapper, sheepshead, speckled trout and jack crevalle have been steady catches most days this week. Sporadic pompano have been caught on shrimp and Doc’s ...

1. At Big Pier 60 in Clearwater, Spanish mackerel have been caught every day again this week. Speckled trout are also steady. Sheepshead are biting around the pilings. Whiting, Key West grunts and a ...

We tried to figure out what this fish-shaped lure was to a redfish, but when examining the stomach contents and finding small crabs there, it was easy to understand that redfish look for blue and red ...