An interdisciplinary research team has demonstrated in their new study that harmful phthalates and endocrine disruptors are released from common soft plastic baits. Soft plastic lures are increasingly ...

Concern over the potential environmental health impacts of phthalates in soft plastic fishing lures among recreational anglers could create consumer demand for more informative labels or different ...

Researchers have perfected a fiber-reinforced fishing lure that may prevent millions of pounds of toxic plastics from polluting waters nationwide. Earning raves in the sport-fishing world, a young ...

My love for fishing began when I was just a toddler. My mother would drop me off at my grandfather's house, early in the morning, while she worked. My grandfather lived in Garden Lakes, Avondale, ...

Having spent ample time around dogs, horses, beef cattle, dairy herds and marathon runners, I’m not disgusted when nature forces someone or something to poop where they stand, permission and modesty ...

Soft plastics are sometimes even more productive than live bait for redfish. Courtesy Z-Man Saltwater fishing lures are versatile, offering nearly unlimited ways to target inshore and offshore species ...

Springfield, Mo.-based fishing and hunting gear supplier Lew's Holdings Corp. reeled in a big one — the manufacturer of at least 70 percent of all soft plastic bait made in the U.S. — with its ...

From an Alaskan guide coming out of retirement for one more shot, to must-have topwater bass baits, to the best soft plastic baits, these stories captured our Sports Illustrated fishing reader’s ...