Freshwater anglers have lots of topwater options. In the bass game especially, those looking for surface eruptions can dip into practically any lure genre and find the perfect bait to call up a hog.

Deep, windswept reservoirs can look like feeder territory, but the pole often catches more when bites are hard to come by.

Maybe the idea of summer bass fishing isn’t all that appealing to you. Maybe your thinking, Who wants to go out among all the pleasure boaters and endure 100-degree temperatures to chase around a ...

I fish Lake Superior for lake trout all winter—through sometimes questionable ice or rare calm open-water days—because some ...

An Alabama rig is the top black bass lure -- for now. Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker said the best bass fishing methods could change from day to day as the water slowly warms. Alabama rigs are ...

During the summer, Great Lakes king salmon are denizens of the deep, chowing down on pelagic alewives and other baitfish in cool water. But as the spawning urge kicks in during August and September, ...