Frank Johnson revolutionized big game fishing with his Mold Craft Soft Head lures. A gifted innovator, he built a pneumatic injection molding machine that made soft plastic trolling lures that marlin ...

The slow retrieve tracked through green swells surging along the Surfside Jetty, then the spoon plucked a submerged granite ledge. I yanked quickly, hoping to snatch the lure back without snagging.

Frank Johnson once described his background as half-yuppie/half-hillbilly. Sadly, the engineering genius behind Mold Craft Fishing Products and the Unibutt died this ...

The common fishing hook began as a piece of bone shaped into an angle with a barb. From this source was derived the name “angler” for the use of this invention to catch fish. Iron and steel soon ...

This story was originally featured on Field & Stream. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to any angler that the shape of a spoon lure is modeled after the same kitchen utensil you use to shovel Frosted ...