What’s the best bait for trout? It’s a tough question, and that’s a good thing. Today’s trout fisher has a wide range of store-bought trout bait—along with trout lures and trout spinning ...

Second-place finisher Jay Przekurat was the best finisher of the four who leaned on a jerkbait. / B.A.S.S. | Dalton Tumblin Four of the Top 10 finishers credited a jerk bait as a key lure in their ...

And you just might pull in a pompano. Except it’s not a pompano ... permit takes its lofty place among the Big Three targets of flats-fishing anglers — along with bonefish and tarpon.

Live sardines and pilchards are hard to beat for best baits. Tripletail prefer live shrimp. Surf: Pompano have gone up the beach, so don't expect to find that many. Most are shorts. Whiting ...