Here’s an observation I've picked up over five decades fishing the Virginia coast: spinning reels and saltwater do not mix.

Many anglers are guilty of neglecting maintaining reels, the single piece of fishing tackle that can most spell success ...

Redfish BayGOOD. 64 degrees. Cooler temperatures have the fish fired up the redfish bite on cut mullet and dead shrimp. Drum ...

A Captain Shaped by the Sea Some people grow into their careers. Others grow up inside them. Connor MacLeod falls into the second group. His story is not a quick rise or a lucky break. It is a steady ...

Fall and winter are prime time for large speckled trout in Virginia. David McCleaf The middle of December, in the middle of the night, on a tidal creek in Chesapeake, Virginia, I stand on the bow of a ...

FAIR. 73 degrees. Redfish are good and firing up after the cold front. The best bite is on cut mullet, shrimp. Drum are good on dead shrimp. Tides are falling out, so target drop offs from shallow ...

The middle of December, in the middle of the night, on a tidal creek in Chesapeake, Virginia, I stand on the bow of a skiff and cast a twitch bait into the darkness. It’s cold, but I try not to shiver ...

Looking to upgrade your bottom-fishing setup? Learn which combos and tackle excel for snapper season. The post Bottom-Fishing ...

BPT Pro Wesley Strader shares his new perspective on tournament fishing, 5 bass casting techniques you should know, vertical ...

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

With Christmas just around the corner, this guide has everything you need to support your favorite bass angler's fishing passion. From noisy topwaters to slick soft plastics (and everything in between ...

Fly reels used to play second fiddle to rods, at least in the fly-fishing world. Volumes have been written about the nuances of bamboo, fiberglass, and graphite fly rods. But the reel? “It’s just a ...