Fair weather greeted anglers this past week, but with colder temperatures and rain in the immediate forecast, it could help ...

Stripers are scattered from Horseshoe Bend park to Beaver Dam. Best live baits are brood minnows or shad. Keep a top-water ...

Roving like hungry jackals, smallmouth bass will move down and along drop-offs, hunting for the holdout crayfish, leeches, and insects along their way. Finding and catching these slowly dropping ...

Whether you’re fishing out of Buffalo in New York, Erie in Pennsylvania, or in and around Sandusky, Ohio, there are plenty of 3 to 4-pound smallies ready to take your bait. How to Catch Smallmouth on ...

The fall bite is on and leads the sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report. Photo at the top is Bob Johnson on the Kankakee ...

Try a Shad crankbait , spoon, drop shot or light Texas rig in the river fishing the cuts, turns, grass or pad lines. Look for the bait on your graph or look for the birds, remember to listen for ...

Fishing patterns are holding steady ... trap or spinnerbait. In the river a drop shot, Texas rig or shaky head will still work but a Shad color crank bait will come into play very soon out ...

Oct. 18—The rig count in the Permian Basin was unchanged this week, the latest count Friday by Baker Hughes shows, with 304 rigs active in the region. A year ago, 312 rigs were active in the region.

and bass fishing slowed down a bit due to them spreading out on the flats. Fortunately, the bluegill bite remains excellent on drop-shot rigs tipped with red worms in 35 feet of water near cribs.