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 ...

Today we're jigging looking for walleye and trout! I'll be running the flexi-jig with a white artificial twister tail and Antonio is using a T-Turn bait rig with live minnows. When is the right time ...

How can you not respect the lake trout? A potential goliath of a freshwater predator, the laker is a stunningly attractive creature—hard charging, typically delicious and a survivor of every ...

When we first heard of jigging for lake trout during their spawning period in the deep waters Lake Winnipesaukee's Alton Bay, we didn't have much interest in that procedure as we pictured heavy gear, ...

Lake trout might be the ultimate winter trophy. A tangle with one of these denizens of the deep is not soon forgotten. Lake trout fight with spirit and are always game for a battle in winter’s cold ...

A few weeks back, I began the task of tying shad flies in preparation for a fly-tying demonstration that I was asked to do for the Potomac Valley Fly Fishers in February. There are many variations in ...

It won't last forever, but for the last several weeks big schools of sea trout have lurked in deep water north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and when they're biting, fishing has been terrific. "I won't ...