Field Notes
Choosing the best popping cork
The popping cork debate rages on. Whichever model, size and color you choose, here’s hoping you see it disappear often on your next trip out. […]
Field Notes
Crappie/Bream
Focus on travel routes for postspawn crappie
Catching crappie after the spawn is a matter of following them along their travel routes to deep water. Here are some tips. […]
Field Notes
Keep wading gear simple for trout fishing
Instead of carrying a tackle store when wade fishing, pare down to the bare essentials so you can concentrate on catching big speckled trout. […]
Field Notes
Top tips for trout success
A person can’t successfully charter fish for 28 years without accumulating a bag of tricks. Zutie Auenson is no exception. Here are some of his favorite tactics to stay on trout. […]
Bass Fishing
Find the right grass for heavy stringers
Matt Loetscher knows there are some keys to finding the beds of vegetation most likely to hold big bass this time of year. […]
Field Notes
The Candy Man can — Fishing gummy worms for trout
Bob Bateman’s secret weapon for speckled trout is Sour Neon Night Crawlers. When the fish are really biting they will bite anything. […]
Big Bass
Swim a jig for extra bites
Jigs are regularly tied on by bass fishermen year round, but they are especially important tools during the spring. […]
Bass Fishing
Picking the right spinnerbait
A spinnerbait is one of the most-effective lures when it comes to catching bass, but clearly not all spinnerbaits are created equal. […]
Field Notes
What you need to kill a turkey
Make sure you check these turkey hunting items off your list before heading to the woods this hunting season. […]
Field Notes
Catch more spring trout with drop-shot rig
When he wants to get the drop on speckled trout, more often than not Capt. Mike Gallo goes with one of his old favorites — the drop-shot rig. […]
Field Notes
The key to beating a neap tide
A neap tide is one that occurs when the difference between high and low tide is least. It comes twice a month in the first and third quarters of the moon. The problem with a neap tide … is that it can totally shut the trout bite down. […]
Crappie/Bream
Go old-school for shallow crappie
Melvin Cummings explains why the best way to present a bait to a shallow crappie this month is jigging up close with a single pole. […]