A proper listing of the best fishing lures ever needs a nod to that history and must give deference to the lures that “changed the game,” the lures with origin stories that are shared often among ...

Saltwater striped bass aren’t very hard to catch. Many “Insta-famous” anglers and striped bass fishing influencers want you to think otherwise, but the reality is that the most difficult part of the ...

Kenny Stroud in Siloam Springs recommends using plastic worms, tube baits or any soft plastic lure to catch black bass. Try ...

At Chris Baliban’s bait and tackle shops, two workers can cover the 9-to-5 shift. But Baliban always has three people on the job when things really start hopping. That’s from midnight to 4 a.m. on ...

The striped bass bite is good in Buzzard’s Bay, on the Cape Cod Canal, in Narragansett Bay, off Block Island and along the southern coastal shore of Rhode Island. “Customers are catching keeper bass, ...

A bunch of us were sitting around a table in the corner of the dining room at the Norden Club in Black Rock one warm night last summer when, not surprisingly, the talk turned to catching -- or, more ...

Striped bass fishing is hot. Anglers are catching keepers (28 inches to less than 31 inches) in our bays, estuaries, salt ponds, and out in front from Watch Hill to the Sakonnet River. Block Island is ...

Last Sunday morning I put a few calls out to tackle shops in New Jersey inquiring if any striper blitzes were rupturing the ...

Jimmy Morenz at Julian’s Bait and Tackle in Atlantic Highlands reported the stripers are biting for the boat guys on bunker, jigs, clams and eels. Fish have been caught on the beach at the Hook on ...

Capt. Phil Sciortino of the Tackle Box in Hazlet starts his Striper Special courses on Jan. 3 with a surf session by Rich Swissstack. Call 732 264-7711 for information. Following is a release from ...