For years, ice anglers were told they had to downsize to catch fish. Fish are cold blooded and their metabolism slows in winter, so we need to use tiny lures to catch these fickle feeders, we thought.

Boil your frog. Many frogs are rigid when they are new, and this could prevent you from getting a solid hookset. To make the ...

Most anglers reach for large bait when targeting big fish. We did the opposite. Tiny live guppies and minnows hit the water, ...

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Fall is one of the best times of year to catch a giant bronzeback. But it can also be one of the toughest times of year to locate fish, which makes covering water and being mobile the name of the game ...

Crappie fishing is picking up at Ross Barnett Reservoir as fish move shallow to spawn. Anglers are catching large numbers of good-sized crappie, with some exceeding two pounds. While recent storms ...

When the bass Darren Nunley hooked was finally in the boat, he was stunned, thinking to himself, “My God, what have I done?” ...

Every angler wants to catch big fish. Not just big, but the biggest ever, a personal best. Where to catch big fish and how to catch them is not magic. Rather, it's all about the food. You need to be ...

On a trip to the Pueblo Reservoir in November 2023, Westcliffe resident and avid angler Pam Mitzner was on a boat with a rod in her hand, fishing for crappie deep in the lake when she felt a lunker on ...