When you absolutely, positively have to catch a fish, live bait is the only way to go, period. While artificial lures are variously new, improved, or otherwise hyped worldwide, the lowly worm and its ...

Fishing for striped bass is steadily improving. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, said a good area to try is the south part of the lake between Horseshoe Bend park and Friendship Creek. Brood minnows or ...

• LAKE MEAD --Striper fishing is good using live shad or lures in the Vegas Wash area. Trout fishing has been good because of plants. Anglers have been catching trout off the docks at Hemenway, ...

Crappie and sunfish good on grubs, live bait, jigs and hair jigs at 16 ft. around docks, channels and weed beds. White bass excellent on in-line spinnerbaits, sassy shad, small lures, lipless baits ...

The use of live shad is a very effective technique which can out-produce artificial lures, and can appeal to a variety of game and non-game species. This past week alone my clients boated 253 fish ...

Long before forward-facing sonar was the hot button issue in fishing, the Alabama rig was causing waves for many of the same ...

When water temperatures drop and schools of shad grow scarce, bass enthusiasts targeting the heaviest fish switch to an umbrella rig that imitates a small cloud of shad to turn the bite on. The best ...

Striped bass are prowling the south half of the lake. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, recommends fishing in the Prairie Creek area and farther south into the White and War Eagle river tributaries. The ...

• LAKE MEAD --Anglers are netting shad in the shallows. Fishing has been fair to good in the Vegas Wash arm for anglers using lures and live shad. Jigging with anchovies also will catch catfish and ...