I’ve got a few tattoos, one of which is a trout lure: a big hook-jaw brown on my leg. It’s fair to say that trout are my favorite freshwater species, and I’ve been fishing for them since I was a wee ...

What’s the best bait for trout? It’s a tough question, and that’s a good thing. Today’s trout fisher has a wide range of store-bought trout bait—along with trout lures and trout spinning reels—to ...

From topwaters to hard baits, soft plastics and swimbaits, this guide to seatrout lures is your arsenal to hunt speckled ...

When I was a kid, the only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional bass fisherman. On Saturday mornings while the others were watching cartoons, I would wake up, pour myself a bowl of Lucky ...

An inside-joke among trout fisherman for decades has been the idea that most trout fishing lures are designed more to attract anglers, and their dollars, than to attract fish. Here are 10 popular ...

Entire aisles at Bass Pro Shops, Gander Mountain and Cabela's are lined with hundreds of different trout lure and baits. Sometimes it seems the vast selection might be designed to attract anglers, and ...

Spring will always be king for trout, no doubt, but I always look forward to the fall. In many ways, finding success is a bit more challenging this time of year, which I believe is part of the fun.

The Department of Natural Resources has been stocking hatchery-reared rainbow trout, averaging about three-fourths of a pound, at Foster Arend Lake in north Rochester for at least 20 years. Outdoors ...

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 ...

Some local businesses are enjoying peak sales as Saturday’s first day of trout fishing season approaches. “Trout season is the lifeblood of our business,” said Creg Strock, owner of Aquatic Imitations ...

More than 80 years ago on the pristine waters of Lake Päijänne in Finland, a fisherman named Lauri watched from his boat as large predatory fish attacked schools of minnows. Time after time, he ...