How can you not respect the lake trout? A potential goliath of a freshwater predator, the laker is a stunningly attractive creature—hard charging, typically delicious and a survivor of every ...

Hello folks, today is a great day. It's the first day we're able to get back out onto the (non-frozen) water - and boy did we ...

Flip Putthoff, who compiles the weekly fishing report, has gone fishing. Here is last week's report. Beaver Lake: Stripers are on the move as the water warms. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, reports ...

What’s the best bait for trout? It’s a tough question, and that’s a good thing. Today’s trout fisher has a wide range of store-bought trout bait—along with trout lures and trout spinning reels—to ...

It was spring of 1989 when my father and I perused the sporting goods section at Wal-Mart where small-town fishermen like us bought tackle. Being a youngster easily influenced by colorful marketing of ...

In 1988, a young chemical engineer changed the face of trout fishing forever. Combining a formal education in chemistry and a lifelong interest in angling, Pure Fishing research scientist John ...

Using the right fishing line for trout can increase your success. Trout are fun to catch, but they’re challenging, too. They have great eyesight with soft and small mouths, eat relatively small things ...

rout fishing with spinning tackle may not be the idyllic approach depicted on TV shows, magazines or calendars, but it’s probably the most popular method and often the most effective. As opposed to ...

No piece of fishing tackle generates more heated debate than the choice of fishing lures. So with the caveat that there is no “best” fishing lure for each unique angler and body of water, here are ...