If you don’t know how to fish with poppers and get the most from these lures, now’s the perfect time to learn, as the topwater bite is in full swing and will stay good through summer and into fall.

John Cox's amazing Forrest Wood Cup win on Lake Wheeler, in which he caught virtually all his fish far up one tiny creek narrow enough to cast across in most areas, sparks the imagination of bass ...

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Fox Harmon remembers as a youngster staring in awe whenever his father opened his old, galvanized metal tackle box. The individual slots were filled with brightly colored Dalton Specials, Snagless ...

Garry Canino, of Brewerton, shows a 17- inch smallmouth bass caught at Big Bay on Oneida Lake during an outing on Aug. 15. He was using a Hula Popper at dusk. His daughter, Tracey Canino, netted it ...