In late October, For The Win ran a story about angler Adam Young, who was fishing in Florida when he caught a largemouth bass on—of all things—hotdogs and bread. The fish only measured 16 inches, but ...

Damian Kuzmin wanted an advantage in the trout and salmon tournaments he was fishing on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. So he began designing, building and refining his own fishing lures. As his finishes ...

There are lots of standard lures that produce big bass – everything from tiny forward-facing sonar minnows to 10-inch worms to deep diving crankbaits – but if you want your double-digit to be truly ...

One bass angler is going to be $4,000 richer by sundown tonight, following the Rat-L-Trap Classic being fished on Lake Guntersville. The Bill-Lewis-lures-only competition brings some 200 lipless ...

One of freshwater fishing's most legendary success stories dates way back to the late 1960s, when a middle-aged luremaker named Bill Lewis was struggling to make a living off of his wares. A military ...

If you stop and think about it, a bass lure is only a bass lure if you’re throwing it for bass. Take the same bait off the lake and chuck in the bay and suddenly it’s a redfish lure. Throw your ...

Trying to narrow down hundreds of striped bass lures to the top 25 is like trying to name the 25 best rock songs of all time. The list changes based on countless variables, like time, place, ...

Jim Ising has caught a lot of spotted seatrout. He's fished for trout from South Florida to Georgia, along much of the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. He now lives in Fairhope, Ala., where trout fishing is ...

Nothing makes an offshore angler’s blood boil more than a disparaging comment attacking the lures he’s pulling. I got set up like a bowling pin during the Miami International Boat Show this past year ...