In freshwater lakes across the land, baitfish such as live shiners have displaced the worm as the go-to bait. But the worm remains a classic option.

A premium sticky-sharp needle point hook with a 60-degree angle on this panfish jig keeps even the lightest biters locked on, and has plenty of hook gap for easily re-rigging plastics. FISH ...

Spring is slowly beginning to emerge with signs of warmer weather ahead. Spring fishing is already kicking into high gear ...

From a supper club classic to an Asian restaurant with its own spin, these Milwaukee-area fish fries are ones to try this ...

When I was a kid, our family made it a picnic day to visit the narrow, semi-sandy shoreline of Chautauqua Lake, right behind the old railroad station in Mayville and adjacent to the old steamship ...

The thick ice we enjoyed this year is holding on most of our inland lakes, but not on Lake Erie,” say many weekend ice ...

The thick ice we enjoyed this year is holding on most of our inland lakes, but not on Lake Erie,” say many weekend ice ...

As the weather warms up, students at the University of Wisconsin eagerly take advantage of the natural beauty surrounding ...

Something about bobber fishing has hooked me since childhood. It is there, very real and so enticing, but I can’t exactly tell you why it is so appealing. Perhaps it is the cadence of the float as it ...

You know, you're using really light gear, and whether it be a big panfish, or you hook into a big pike or anything like that, it's just fun, fun, fun fishing. Have you noticed that when you're ...

or any common panfish. And they were real "troopers ... I think it was called Hook, Line and Bobber,” says Ourlian. “She learned how to fish, they gave her a pole and she fell in love ...