A lure class known as blade baits first showed up on the fishing scene in the late 1950s. The original blade bait was the Heddon Sonic, introduced in 1957. Unlike nearly all the wooden or plastic ...

Blade baits, such as the popular Sonar, will catch walleye at any time of the year, but they are at their best in colder water. And cold water is what we will be dealing with this opener, whether you ...

It's a day of fishing when anglers need fingers and toes to count their catch. It's even better when the number of species soars into double digits. What better way to beat summer's dog days than by ...

Today we are using the Brand New Scuttletail Blade Bait, looking for that Lake Erie Smallmouth bass bite. It's a beautiful ...

DECATUR — Jim Horn summed the situation up succinctly: “If was just the rain or just the wind, it wouldn’t be so bad out there,” he said, “but between the two of them ... I heard him, believe me. The ...

I’ve got a few tattoos, one of which is a trout—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 tiny ...