An eon ago I bought a spray bottle of some oily, licorice-smelling stuff called Fish Formula that was “guaranteed” to help me catch more bass. Frankly, I never felt like it worked, but it did add a ...

Berkley lifts the curtain on its Lab Series baits after Dylan Nutt’s Bassmaster Classic reveal, including new minnows, worms, and scent tech.

As long as there are fish to be found, there will be people of all ages trying to get them on a hook. A combination of art, science, and animal psychology has gone into creating lures that will appeal ...

Trolling for lake trout on Flathead Lake and Fort Peck Reservoir is a very effective way to catch fish. Many anglers troll Kwikfish or large spoons to attract strikes. Another bait that has also ...

Scents make fish bite better — or wrinkle their noses and swim for cover. After all, there are good scents and bad scents. Great work has been done to find fish-attracting scents and market them. For ...

However, live bait like nightcrawlers, leeches, crappie minnows, and suckers can get expensive quickly when you’re fishing on ...

In an effort to limit the spread of chronic wasting disease, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is poised to curb the use of cover scents and lures hunters use in pursuit of game animals. The state Fish ...

Summertime is high season for surfcasters, though this enjoyable and accessible type of fishing can be practiced year-round in the state of California. Previous columns have looked at the type of ...

April may be our top month fishing Pine Island and surrounding waters. As we transition into spring, our waters are warming, ...