Jigs designed to fish horizontally are just the starting point! You have to match them with fresh line that’s thin enough to allow the jig to perform well, and the knot has to be moved toward the hook ...

Here's a great truth about fishing. You'll generally learn a lot more about the craft when the fish aren't cooperating, than when they are. You might not think of fishing in terms of a craft, but that ...

“O.K., we’re over the hump now,” said Gary Diamond, studying the depth finder screen on his 24-foot center console. I put the casting reel in free spool, felt the thump as the jig hit the hard sand ...

Last Tuesday, I enjoyed one of my favorite rites of spring as I hooked and landed 18 smallmouths from the Juniata River. Most of those fish averaged 14 to 16 inches, with the biggest on being a ...