This story, “Getting the Bait’s a Bail,” appeared in the May 1970 issue of Outdoor Life. The morning sparkled as bright and shiny as a new dime. The river was clear and purling along, its voices ...

Speckled sea trout, also known as spotted sea trout, are a popular inshore gamefish species found across the eastern and southern coasts. While they resemble their freshwater cousins in looks, these ...

A hot-button subject in the world of fishing is the use of live bait. I’m talking about minnows, worms, leeches and all of the other critters that fishermen use to try to coax an unwary fish into ...

We ran eight miles offshore to Moto Puerto and dropped into one of the liveliest pieces of Pacific water you will ever see. The day starts with mahi swarming the boat, roosterfish smashing live baits, ...

Fathead minnows, leeches and worms are mainstays in bait-shop refrigerators across the country. These old standards have pro­duced stringers of game fish for decades, and they’ll continue to produce ...

During this transitional time of year, it’s not uncommon for one day of lights-out action to be followed by a total skunking. Even traditional methods of predicting fish behavior like tracking fronts, ...

Dock Totals 5/15 – 5/21: 2,578 anglers aboard 117 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 1,076 bluefin tuna (to 232 pounds), 4 bonito, 273 calico bass, 4 halibut, 14 ...

How many blue crabs are in our river? A whole bunch. And you can even find some on a "farm" in Oak Hill, where you can pick ...

Huge crowds of fishermen lined the beaches and drifted the bunker pods for striped bass during the weekend's fall run action.