It was just about a perfect evening by the old pond. Lily pads extended out 10-to-15 feet from the shore in an uneven outline with many circle-like openings within them that seemed to be perfect ...

If you don’t know how to fish with poppers and get the most from these lures, now’s the perfect time to learn, as the topwater bite is in full swing and will stay good through summer and into fall.

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 ...

Miserable is the most appropriate word I can come up with for the weather this past week. Temperatures over 100 with humidity over 90 just doesn’t work for me. A good friend recently returned from a ...

The splash of a fish as it explodes on a surface lure ranks high on the list of exciting fishing moments. Summer is the time for topwater lures, whether you are fishing spinning gear or a fly rod. A ...

In a colorful photograph with still-life-art qualities, Abby Jensen captures the essentials of her brother Ben's stock-dam popper extravaganza. It's not always about the law with Gary Jensen.

Pat Mayse Lake is about 18 inches low, with great color and water temperatures down a little following the small cold front.