Here is everything you need to make your own Jika Rig!
Use a soft plastic like Bass Pro Shops River Bug.
Use a hook like the Bass Pro Shops XPS Wide SuperLock fishing hooks.
Use a bass-casting…
With bass season set to begin soon in Eastern Ontario, Canada, my day has been spent prepping tackle and sorting my fishing gear. As I scour over hundreds of fishing baits, one perennial favorite…
Smoked salmon or trout … fried walleye … grilled or baked striper … Mmmmm! Does eating fish get any better? Here's a super-fast filleting method for all of these species that gets the job done…
Panfish aka: bluegills, sunfish, crappies, bream, perch, shell crackers, pumpkinseeds, slabs and even smaller walleyes are called "pan" fish for a reason. Properly filleted and fried, they eat s-o-o-…
I first read about brook trout in Outdoor Life magazine when I was 8 years old. Dazzling red, yellow, orange and cream spots scattered across a slate gray body painted a picture of the most…
It's a fishing story unlike any other: How a mega-bass became a megastar and how that fostered the idea of catch-and-release fishing.
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In a YouTube video released by Texas Parks…
If you only have limited time to fish, such as weekends, then fishing in bad weather and rain is sometimes unavoidable. Personally I like fly fishing in the rain and have had several great days on…
Jeff Blood with a steelhead caught on an egg-imitating fly.
Though they lack the glamour of a dry fly and the rich tradition of a wet fly or nymph, egg-imitating flies are one of a fly fisher's…
The spotted seatrout is the most popular marine inshore game fish from the Carolinas to Texas. Not only are they delicious table fare, but they are relatively easy to catch on a few basic rigs. Let's…
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If you're looking for some extreme fishing, the crew at MorningTide Fishing brings you a breathtaking look at land-based game fishing.
If you've never heard of land-based game…
Last week while shooting a video for 1Source on the subject of jigging tactics for crappie in weeds, a theme arose in terms of bait details. The best plastics that I used for the day were a 2.5-inch…
Lure color is important when it comes to catching crappie. Sometimes, only one color will catch fish; other times several colors work. But sorry folks, there are no precise rules to follow.
Carry a…
