Before I even had a chance to bait my T-Turn bait rig, Antonio was already landing the first lake trout of the day! With our T-Turn bait rigs, we've baited them up with live minnows and we're slowly ...

In-line spinners, spoons, and hardbaits get all the love in the trout game, and rightfully so. These lures have been punishing browns, rainbows, and brookies for many decades. As the old adage goes, ...

We're on the Niagara River fishing for Lake Trout and Brown Trout! I'm geared up with Stingnose Peanut Bunker jigging spoon ...

We’re not here to take sides. We’re not here to end the debate forever. We are, however, here to say that there are times when rigging with bait—either live or dead—will outfish artificial lures, even ...

Trout take the bait when a simple little lure does its happy dance down deep. A fishing jig is little more than a hook with a lead head and some hair attached. The little lures shine wherever trout ...

It’s axiomatic that a fisherman must keep his bait, lure or fly in the water to catch fish. Seems obvious. But go to any trout stream and observe any fly fisherman. The odds are that you’ll see him or ...

guides these days, Tom Sadler likes to boost his clients’ chances of catching trout by having them fish with two flies instead of one. He sets them up with the kind of rig known as dry dropper: one ...

Learn how to rig, deploy, and catch fish with a downrigger for consistent success targeting trout, salmon, walleye or any other deep water fish. This gives you the basic idea of a downrigger set up.

FISHING — Lake Roosevelt rainbows like those pictured above can be caught November-March from shore as well as from a boat by casting a bait rig. Look for a shoreline shelf under 10-15 feet of water ...

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 ...

I’m not suggesting you drift a pair of dry flies through fast water or stained water. The double dry rig works best when fishing slow, clear water that offers the potential for rising fish – if you ...