Austin Kennedy, fishing guide, said trout bite best from late morning into the afternoon as sunlight warms the water. Try ...

Although throwing topwater baits is exciting, expecting those explosive blow-ups, reaction baits with better hook-up ratios will put more fish in your boat during Tennessee River reservoir shad-spawns ...

Shoreline anglers have to do some long-distance casting to get at migrating shad. That makes the use of certain types of equipment, lighter lines and better casting skills a must. One of the main ...

To catch boatloads of big Tennessee River bass during a shad spawn, Major League Fishing Pro David Walker spends his mornings casting reaction baits and finesse rigs at freshwater mussel beds on the ...

It’s time to get serious about American shad. These feisty fish are a great choice for shaking the summer doldrums, being readily available along more than 150 miles of the lower Columbia and Snake ...

Logan Herrera, 4, of Santa Fe caught multiple smallmouth bass, crappie, white bass and walleye at Conchas Lake using bright-colored Flicker Shad lures and worm-harness rigs on May 19. Christina ...

Jerk baits are a great cold-water choice for getting black bass to bite. Walleye, striped bass and sometimes crappie will bite these lures that have a wobbling, swimming action. (NWA Democrat-Gazette ...

Fishing guide Ben Matsubu says crappie fishing is good around standing timber in 20 to 25 feet using blue ice jig and minnows ...