Growing up as I did in mid-Ohio, I didn’t have much reason to think about what might constitute the best salmon lures. Walleyes? Yes. Crappies? Absolutely. Smallmouth? From time to time; but never ...

ANTIGO – Mepps makes about 8,000 spinning-lure combinations at its 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, but if you buy one of its storied spinners with hooks dressed in squirrel-tail, you can ...

Tackle store shelves are teeming with every size, color, and shape of walleye lure imaginable. And if you're new to fishing for walleye, deciding on what baits to choose can be a daunting task. This ...

FISHING – Howard Worden, creator of the world famous Rooster Tail spinner, and many other fishing lures, died in Arizona on Feb. 11. He was 93. Worden was one of the owners of Yakima Bait Co., founded ...

Arkansas’ squirrel season runs through Feb. 28, and the world-famous Mepps Lure Co. reminds hunters they can make money by saving and selling the tails of the squirrels they kill to eat. The tails can ...

“Hey, Festus, there’s some stuff you don’t know and you might want to rethink your bad-mouthing me like that,” I said. The response, squirrel gibberish spewing from his mouth like the staccato rhythm ...

McCOOK — Ever been toyed with by a fish? On his first cast across a softly sloping point on Red Willow Reservoir during an excursion to demonstrate a new lure, Al Patterson said it felt as if a fish ...