Almost every veteran crappie catcher can recount times when he was catching fish just as fast as he could toss out a yellow jig, when suddenly, for no apparent reason, the fishing went bust. Different ...

Most waters are cold and muddy, a far cry from the condition one normally associated with bass fishing. But, bass can be caught under these conditions. All it takes is a slight change in lure ...

My dad was so proud one time. I had gone home to fish, and he had acquired a Color C Lector. The brainchild of longtime Oklahoma fisheries scientist Loren Hill, this device consisted of a wire you ...

Congratulations to Captain Peter Szklanka and his Team No. 88 “Triple Threat,” with team members Joe Vaccarella and Bob Wasson, who won the Northern Chautauqua Conservation Club Lake Erie walleye ...

From an art studio and workshop in a Cleveland Heights home are born many of the hottest lure colors ever to dangle from anglers’ fishing lines. Many of the beautiful hues that lure anglers to spend ...

If you’re like me, the lures in your tackle boxes exhibit a kaleidoscope of colors. Some of my boxes contain only one lure type — spoons, for example, or jigs. However, none of these boxes contains ...

I was reminded of the relationship between lure colors and light intensity while tossing jerk bait along boat slips in a large marina on Lake Wallenpaupack recently. A morning fog covered much of the ...

Capt. Dudley Vandenborre said Lake Pontchartrain anglers really don't need more than three colors to catch speckled trout. (Photo by Todd Masson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) (Todd Masson) Capt.

DULUTH — In the dusky, dusty basement of his West Duluth home — don’t forget to duck going down the stairs — Ed Forrestal works his magic with plastic and metal, epoxy and paint. Forrestal is the ...

Despite being color blind and not knowing the true colors he’s creating, Fulks has a knack for getting it right ROANOKE, W.Va. — The colorful lures gleamed amid the low light of the exhibit hall of ...