Fly fishing came into vogue in the early 20th century, and with it came criticism of worm fishing: It was too easy. The debate was considered to be of such importance that, in 1904, Atlantic Monthly ...

Fishing the Patapsco River at the border of Howard and Baltimore counties, I often encountered the smiling face of Roland Avery, as effective a trout fisherman as I’ve ever met. Over the years I used ...

To give your plastic worm a buzz, rig a spinner in front of the worm. Bury the hook’s point and barb inside the worm to make it weedless. This combo should get bass action, especially around lily pads ...

“A plastic worm is the most universal bait a fisherman can have in his tacklebox,” said Joe Thomas, former Bassmaster Tournament pro and host of Stihl’s Reel in the Outdoors. He and the other ...

, an essential first lesson for beginners is to master a few essential fishing rigs that use soft baits—whether they’re worms, crawfish, tube baits, or creature baits. Some soft baits come already ...

Rick Ellis, of Lafayette, has had great luck recently fishing for rainbow trout from shore on Skaneateles Lake. He wrote: "I caught the single rainbow ( 24 inches ) on the east side on Oct. 7, with a ...

IT SOUNDED like a strange rig, but Darrell Beck tried it anyway at the urging of San Rafael baitmaster Keith Fraser. The Concord man hooked up a live shiner on a three-way rig and used a two-ounce ...