Jon Conklin, fishing guide from Goshen, said brood minnows or live shad are the best baits. Stripers are scattered on the northern one-third of the lake from Point 9 to Beaver Dam. Locate schools of ...

. 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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Veteran anglers lay claim to a wide range of specialty baits for catching channel catfish, from raw shrimp to nightcrawlers, cut shad, chicken livers, chicken gizzards, dough balls ...

Commercially prepared catfish baits available from tackle shops are popular, and in brackish water, menhaden, crabs, eels, and shrimp are good. Catfish are meat eaters, and in the case of flatheads, ...

This story, “Getting the Bait’s a Bail,” appeared in the May 1970 issue of Outdoor Life. The morning sparkled as bright and shiny as a new dime. The river was clear and purling along, its voices ...

Hooks for catfish have a two-part assignment: To hold onto the bait and then hold onto the catfish once it bites. But it isn’t as simple as it sounds. Every hook isn’t built the same, and each style ...

Fishing duo Cole and Jay catfish with big live bait for river monsters.

Fishing duo Cole and Jay bait trees with big live bait to catch giant catfish.

What’s the best way to fish for catfish? Below are a few tips I have to offer. Catfish will eat almost anything, but the misconception is that they like rotten, stinking baits. That’s simply not true.

Jerk baits are a great cold-water choice for getting black bass to bite. Walleye, striped bass and sometimes crappie will ...

This “recipe” called for cutting up fresh chicken breasts and dousing them with garlic powder and strawberry Jell-O powder. Chicken breasts, slathered with garlic powder and strawberry Jell-O powder, ...