Lucky for me, one of the first fishing lures I had as a kid was a Worden’s Original Rooster Tail.  It was black with a silver blade and caught fish in every lake or pond I fished.  To this day, I still won’t go anywhere without having a few Rooster […]

Bowfishing just might be the ultimate fusion of two very popular pastimes, fishing and archery.  As more people take to the outdoors, tracking down shallow water fish with a bow has exploded in popularity. A surge in invasive fish species, like common carp and plenty of Youtube channels showcasing the […]

“Where there’s a will, there’s a way” as the old saying goes.  When fishing gets tough, someone along the line is going to try something to make it easier, hence the technique of snagging. I have seen plenty of snagging happen on salmon rivers around my neck of the woods.  […]

Anglers are a creative bunch.  We can fashion wild lures from metal and plastic, build fishing rods for every species and figure out how to use any bait to entice a strike.  So it is no surprise that someone thought of using pet store goldfish as live bait.  I must […]

Fishing is a major pastime in the United States and purchasing a fishing license is a requirement in most states.  It is a fun and rewarding sport that most anglers enjoy for a lifetime but license fees and fishing rules are often daunting for beginners. One of the most common […]

Most anglers can agree that fishing licenses are a good thing.  The license fees help sustain quality fishing opportunities for generations of anglers to come.   Recently, I had a chance to take a friend out fishing on a small private pond stocked with jumbo trout.  They did not have […]