Where I grew up, trout were king. Over a dozen trout streams were less than 20 minutes from my New England home, all of which contained a variety of both wild and stocked rainbows, brookies, and ...

Lures come in a dizzying array of shapes, sizes and colors. Many are designed to entice fishermen, not the fish. While most of those listed here bombed at retail, a few sold briskly. Thus lending ...

Learning to effectively and efficiently use an artificial lure to trick a bass into biting is an important step in your development as an angler. Adding additional techniques to your repertoire helps ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." No piece of fishing tackle generates more heated debate than the choice of fishing lures. So with the ...

As long as there are fish to be found, there will be people of all ages trying to get them on a hook. A combination of art, science, and animal psychology has gone into creating lures that will appeal ...

When it comes to antique fishing lures and other tackle, I’m more of an accumulator than a collector. If I see something cool for short money at a tag sale, then I’ll latch on to it. I don’t collect ...

A lure with a funny name is serious business when it comes to catching black bass as winter marches toward spring.

That’s how it usually starts. The next thing you know, somebody hands you a box of lures and says, “Let’s build a trolling spread with these.” Now the hard work really begins: Choosing which lures to ...

When fish have been hammered by pressure and won’t touch the usual offerings, you need lures that get bit even when the bite feels dead. These baits don’t rely on flash or frantic action. Instead, ...

This article is part of our May 2020 “The Great Texas Fishing Safari” package. Read more here. Texas luremakers have created some of the most storied and successful lures in the nation. From ...