We launched our boat that chilly December morning and motored straight across the Chesapeake Bay to the Bridge-Tunnel, just off Virginia’s Eastern Shore. My dad and I spent the day chucking white 1 ...

INLAND TROUT STREAMS Many streams across the area are low and clear. We could use some more rain. To find out how many trout (and what kind) are stocked in your favorite Onondaga County stream, call ...

I’ve had this old deer tail floating around since I was a kid. It was from my first buck, a half-rack I shot with my Pop-Pop’s 30-30 sitting next to him behind an old field stone wall. Pop mounted the ...

KNIFE LAKE, BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS - Kelly Murphy’s muffled voice came from inside his fishing shelter not far from the Canadian border on Knife Lake. “There’s hot coffee and cookies in ...

LAKE ONTARIO Fishing has been difficult on the lake with the strong winds and unsettled weather. Most of the activity is now taking place at tributary mouths and estuaries. OSWEGO RIVER There are some ...

David Kure (far left) of Virginia and Kelly Murphy of Ely were fishing for lake trout Tuesday on Knife Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. They often travel by dog team to Knife Lake to ...

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › What is a jig? Well, depending on who you’re talking to a jig could be anything from a ...

After the original Mister Twister came onto the market, I did not tie a bucktail jig for a couple of years. Then I ran out of bucktail jigs and realized that they had not been replaced by soft plastic ...

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 ...

William Scripture was a lawyer in the first half of the 20th Century, and a member of a prominent Rome family. He was an outstanding athlete in his youth, and also loved the outdoors. So much so, ...

If you stop and think about it, a bass lure is only a bass lure if you’re throwing it for bass. Take the same bait off the lake and chuck in the bay and suddenly it’s a redfish lure. Throw your ...

This week shows a turn to cooler weather following a beautiful weekend – that followed a severe storm that moved through the Hayward area last Thursday morning. For now, the coming weekend looks to be ...