Today we're jigging for smallmouth bass in the Eastern Basin of Lake Erie. We're using the sliver and gold stingnose jigging spoons, tipped with the eyedrops. We're drifting, and casting out bottom ...

Bass fishing has seen a lot of big changes in recent years, from new baits, to crazy electronic advancements. These changes have led to some of the old reliable baits our fathers and grandfathers ...

Hello folks, today we're jigging up a less-common, yet still fantastic fish, the freshwater sheepshead. We're drifting along Lake Erie here in southern Ontario using the flexi-jig baited up with ...

Though a swim jig is a great tool for targeting all black bass species, it is typically associated most with fishing for largemouth around shallow vegetation. Yes, you can catch spotted, smallmouth, ...

Tip-ups probably account for the majority of pike caught through the ice. Countless others are caught incidentally by anglers in pursuit of perch, walleyes or crappies. But jigging is an exciting and ...

Hitting rock bottom generally is considered a bad thing. But not always in Dean Cushman’s world. He’s a Michigan-based guide with Hardcore Charters and an instructor with teachinfishin.com. When he’s ...

Forward-facing sonar has opened our eyes to how many big bass suspend in open water. And while there’s no doubt that those fish are fun to target and catch, there are still plenty of giants that bury ...

Don Meissner demonstrates how to jig for bass. It's a June day on Sandy Creek and Don Meissner, host of ROD & REEL STREAMSIDE, demonstrates how to jig for bass.

Once a walleye-fishing novice who learned from the veterans of Minnesota Walleye Searchers, Keith Kavajecz has risen to the top ranks of walleye anglers nationwide, even being named to the Freshwater ...

Step back in time 20 or 30 years and most coastal anglers fishing between New England and the Mid-Atlantic weren’t very excited about catching tautog, also known as blackfish. Don’t misunderstand, ...