You are not going to hurt the fish. No fish ever died from setting a hook. There is one other aspect of topwater fishing and that is frog fishing. I don’t know why frogs are kept separate, but they ...

It is a most welcome event every year, and every year by Thanksgiving Day it happens. I speak of the arrival of migratory, fish-eating birds on our local reservoirs, including gulls, terns, ospreys, ...

Don’t tell my bass club mentors, my editors or my colleagues on the Board of Directors of the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame, but I’ve been cheating on my first love for five years, and I don’t intend to ...

It starts without warning. While fishing down the shoreline for bass on a glorious autumn day, the water behind you suddenly erupts in chaos. Huge schools of baitfish, with nowhere to flee, leap from ...

Nothing thrills like a topwater bite, and whether you're fishing during the early morning feed or prospecting a midday shade pocket, the right topwater bait often tempts the biggest fish. The question ...

Big fish smashing a topwater lure is the most exciting sensation in fishing, and there's no better time to experience it than now. Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, Kentucky bass, striped bass and ...