A lure with a funny name is serious business when it comes to catching black bass as winter marches toward spring.

Trying to narrow down hundreds of striped bass lures to the top 25 is like trying to name the 25 best rock songs of all time. The list changes based on countless variables, like time, place, ...

Metal lures are boring. Scan the pegboard at any saltwater tackle shop in striper country and based purely on aesthetics, your eye isn’t likely to be drawn to them — not with dozens of dazzling plugs, ...

The striped bass bite is good in Buzzard’s Bay, on the Cape Cod Canal, in Narragansett Bay, off Block Island and along the southern coastal shore of Rhode Island. “Customers are catching keeper bass, ...

Winter tactics are in full swing for catching black bass. Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said good lure choices include Alabama rigs, jerk baits, crawdad-colored crank baits and swim ...

Fishing for striped bass is steadily improving. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, said a good area to try is the south part of the lake between Horseshoe Bend park and Friendship Creek. Brood minnows or ...

My friends and I have been using artificial lures to entice keeper (over 18-inches) striped bass out of the California Aqueduct for many years. For example, we discovered the joys of using "Gitzits," ...

If you stop and think about it, a bass lure is only a bass lure if you’re throwing it for bass. Take the same bait off the lake and chuck in the bay and suddenly it’s a redfish lure. Throw your ...