Fall is on the horizon, but summer tactics are still the norm. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, said striped bass are biting but large fish are hard to come by. Shad, brood minnows or small sunfish are the ...

Think deep when it comes to catching black bass. That's advice from Reece Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers. Jones and his dad used jig and pigs and caught bass 20 feet deep during a day at the ...

Sizes and colors: Available in a 2 3 / 4-inch, 3 / 8-ounce model in five colors: gold, sexy shad, silver, white shad and yellow shad. Technique: The custom-molded weight in these lures — located in ...

Fishing is fair to good for most species, reports Jon Conklin, fishing guide. Striped bass fishing is a very early morning proposition. Lines need to be in the water before sunrise. Stripers are ...

You might think of bluegills as something kids catch from docks in the summertime. But in winter, they are serious sport. They can be willing biters ... or they can be challenging, depending on their ...

It's payback time in North Alabama. Throughout the spawn, bluegills and other panfish harass nesting bass, rushing in to gulp down eggs and fry anytime the parent fish are distracted. But the bass get ...