. Soaking cut bait has a bit of a stigma of being dumbed-down fishing, but there’s actually a lot of science and technique that goes into the proper hacking, rigging, and fishing of a bloody, dripping ...

If you stop and think about it, a bass lure is only a bass lure if you’re throwing it for bass. Take the same bait off the lake and chuck in the bay and suddenly it’s a redfish lure. Throw your ...

Brunning fishes the lure on either spinning or casting gear, and he uses braided line tied to a 7-foot fluorocarbon leader to help the Senko fall just a bit faster. To the leader, he ties a 4/0 hook ...

One of the best-kept saltwater fishing secrets in the Titusville area is a little-known surface plug that was the brainstorm of a South Florida tackle wholesaler. Trader Bay Lures’ Primo Chugger has ...

The first signs of redfish rejuvenation for the fall have happened. Large schools of big fish can be intercepted in the right parts of Tampa Bay. Suffering to the south, redfish are in good shape in ...

Maybe if you turned back newspaper pages — and turned back lots of 'em — you’d see mentions of somethings called a “Split-tail Beetle,” and “Lucky 13” and “Devil’s Horse.” Oh, not turning back to what ...

1. At Big Pier 60 in Clearwater, mangrove snapper, sheepshead, speckled trout and jack crevalle have been steady catches most days this week. Sporadic pompano have been caught on shrimp and Doc’s ...