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Looking for new fishing lures? Here are some great options to add to your tackle box as you head onto the open water.

I grow less interested in what technology brings to largemouth bass fishing. I enjoy catching them as I always have – with ...

The U.S. Postal Service dedicated its latest Freshwater Fishing Lures stamps on March 13 at Johnny Morris’ Wonders of ...

The Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited will be holding a sale of donated fishing tackle on Saturday, March 22, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Covenant Central Presbyterian Church at 807 West Fourth ...

Fishing is one of the most popular sports in the United States, and the U.S. Postal Service is luring us in with flashy new ...

Forever stamps are also traditionally based on important themes in American culture, including military anniversaries, ...

especially bass, pike and trout. Topwater lures are extremely popular and are designed to be fished on the surface of the ...

We like to think of poppers as lures that get slammed when a fish commits, but even big bass will come up and daintily nip that dressed hook thinking it’s a bug. Likewise, even smaller species like ...

I find them especially effective when throwing the best smallmouth bass lures like a Ned rig. I spooled them with braid-to-fluorocarbon, straight fluorocarbon, and old-school monofilament to see if ...

Check out the top-producing bass lures used by the best anglers in the 2025 Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River, Florida. Although the Bassmaster Elite Series fished out of Palatka, Florida just ...