Trolling a spread of circle-hooked ballyhoo ranks as one of the most popular methods for chasing billfish all over the world, and while most of the techniques originated in the sailfish-rich waters of ...

Lures and dead bait will fool game fish on a regular basis, but there’s no substitute for the real thing. Few species will pass up a frisky live bait: It’s an incredibly effective technique for ...

Capt. Abie Raymond trolls skirted ballyhoo on a 7/0 J hook for a variety of species, including sailfish, dolphin and grouper. Steve Waters For the Miami Herald Just about every offshore angler in ...

In an effort to protect Maine’s precious and fabled salmonid fishery, the state has enacted sweeping changes and restrictions for ice fishing with live bait, writes V. Paul Reynolds. Most winter ...

My first fishing experience, like that of many anglers, involved a worm on a hook suspended under a bobber. To this day this is still an effective method of catching fish. Live bait of many types ...

As we get back to some sense of normalcy and we gain access to our public shorelines and river banks, let’s talk about fishing from the shore. In this article I am going to focus on surf fishing as ...

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ONTARIO — While U.S.-based anglers were locked out of Canada for nearly 18 months in 2020 and 2021, both the Ontario provincial government and Canadian government tightened regulations on bringing ...