rout fishing with spinning tackle may not be the idyllic approach depicted on TV shows, magazines or calendars, but it’s probably the most popular method and often the most effective. As opposed to ...

Like any fisherman, I have favorite lures. Mine include the Jitterbug, Mepps spinners, Rapalas and the lowly jig. They worked in the 1940s when I starting fishing, and they work today. The Jitterbug ...

Spin fishing for trout may lack the panache of flyfishing, but it’s often the most effective and popular method in our area. As opposed to flyfishing, very little tackle is required, and it’s ...

North-Central Wisconsin is home to several excellent trout fishing streams, offering ample opportunities for rainbow, brown, and the elegantly marked brook trout. While plentiful in our area, make no ...

ANTIGO – Mepps makes about 8,000 spinning-lure combinations at its 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, but if you buy one of its storied spinners with hooks dressed in squirrel-tail, you can ...

As we pushed off from the boat ramp, my competitive fishing partner had a suggestion. “How about a dollar on the first fish, another on the largest and a third dollar on the most fish?” Not being one ...

Spring just wouldn't be spring without trout fishing on Mary's Pond in Rochester. Here in Southeastern Mass. it's a tradition for most anglers, who flock to the nearly perfectly round, 81-acre kettle ...

Chris Picco, 21, of Baldwinsville, had great luck recently fishing in the Seneca River in Baldwinsville. He landed two monster trout last week. Andy Picco, his proud dad, wrote me: "My son caught this ...

Trout that cruise year-round in the clear water of the White River below Beaver Dam get extra company come springtime. From late February into May, walleye and white bass migrate up the stream from ...

Trout fishing season is a family tradition in Pennsylvania as fathers and mothers take their children to local lakes and streams each spring in the pursuit of rainbow, brook and brown trout. Last year ...