Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

Live-baiting for marlin can often produce bites from the biggest blues and blacks in the neighborhood. This is important if you’re fishing in a tournament where catching numbers of smaller fish on ...

We’re not here to take sides. We’re not here to end the debate forever. We are, however, here to say that there are times when rigging with bait—either live or dead—will outfish artificial lures, even ...

Wacky rigs are ideal for throwing around docks during the post spawn. A wacky rig is perhaps the most subtle, natural, and non-invasive presentation bass anglers use. It’s a very slow and finessed ...

Lures and dead bait will fool game fish on a regular basis, but there’s no substitute for the real thing. Few species will pass up a frisky live bait: It’s an incredibly effective technique for ...

The 36th annual Greater Jacksonville Kingfish Tournament gets underway this week, with the general fishing days Thursday and Friday out of Jim King Park off Heckscher Drive on the north side of the St ...