Tis the season... of new fishing gear. There's really no better time to stock up on new rods and reels like the Christmas season. As anglers, many of us our pretty particular about the kind of gear we ...

The arrival of October always makes me happy. Shorter days and cooler air temperatures are now invigorating the Lake Travis black bass. The dropping water temperature increases their appetites and ...

A longer rod will generally cast further than a shorter rod, all else being equal. For this reason, I keep a specialized set of topwater rods on my boat from the St. Croix panfish series. These ...

No matter what, when you target big speckled trout with topwater baits, you're going to lose a few fish that successfully shake all those hooks from their gaping maws. Even though they float, ...