In simplest form, using a crankbait is the easiest lure to use for bass fishing. Throw it. Retrieve it. Consistently catching bass with crankbaits requires more nuance. If a crankbait hits something ...

Many a fly angler knows the satisfaction of catching fish on a hand-tied masterpiece. For those more inclined to cast and retrieve for pike, bass and walleye, here is a way to emulate that remarkable ...

If you’re trying to temp bass suspended in open water or holding a little deeper along the bottom, try yo yo fishing a lipless crankbait . This novel technique allows you to work your crank at various ...

A crankbait is one of the most popular bass lures of all time. Typically consisting of a hard body paired with a couple of treble hooks, these lures can be used in any water body to mimic crawfish, ...

The little red boat hadn’t seen water in three years before last weekend. Not since that Saturday afternoon the 15-horse outboard that powered it decided to conk out. Braden Durick was with me that ...

Crankbait fishing benefits from a technique-specific rod design more than most other techniques. In general, a good crankbait rod includes deep flex and forgiving action, but enough sensitivity to ...

Crankbaits are great fish-catchers at many times of the year, but they can be exceptionally productive right now. Crankbaits are those lures that are made of hard plastic or wood and resemble, at ...

NATICK — Nathaniel "Than" Bogan was dealt a painful lesson during a fishing session one day several years ago on Lake Cochituate. Bogan was using a crankbait lure, which contains two hooks dangling ...

Fishing with topwater lures is the most exciting way to catch bass and other gamefish, but sometimes you catch more fish in the middle of the water column. That is the domain of crankbaits, stickbaits ...

Spend enough time fishing, and chances are that you — or someone you know — will have an unpleasant encounter with a fishing lure at some point. A fish hook in the hand, perhaps, or any number of ...

Luke Hernandez caught a flathead catfish on the Black River using shad chunks on a trot line on Nov. 27. Streamflow on the Cimarron River near Cimarron on Wednesday morning was 4 cubic feet per second ...

Aug. 23—Spend enough time fishing, and chances are that you — or someone you know — will have an unpleasant encounter with a fishing lure at some point. A fish hook in the hand, perhaps, or any number ...