Some 53 years ago a guy named Chuck Wood came up with a tiny "safety-pin" type spinner bait with a Colorado-style blade so small that it looked a bit like the shell of a beetle. The Beetle Spin was ...

Scott Rogers and son Bryan, 5, caught and released five bass up to 3 pounds each using Beetle Spins and plastic worms. While Gordon Lane was catching and releasing bass, his partner Craig Konan filled ...

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LAKE CHARLES, La. — Sometimes there just seems to be magic in the air along the canals and inlets scattered about the 6,000 acres of marshland known as the Coastal Club. That magic transports veteran ...

If you like freshwater fishing, you can’t go wrong with spinners. They are generally small enough to fit into the mouth of everything from bluegill to speckled perch to bass to catfish. Some of the ...

Extended drought conditions have altered fish habitat. Many anglers have seen their favorite areas exposed to dry land concentrating fish and forage into isolated pockets of water. These holding areas ...

Crappie fishing has been outstanding on Toledo Bend lately. Both crappie and bluegills are spawning and can be caught in 2 to 4 feet of water. You know things are getting right in the world of ...

Striped bass are biting near Beaver Dam at night and in the mornings. Aaron Jolliff at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said shad or brood minnows are working 20 feet deep or shallower. Look for ...