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.

My girlfriend -- who hadn't fished seriously until she met me -- recently asked me, "How do you know which lure to choose when you're fishing?" It was a good question. I've been fishing so long, I ...

No piece of fishing tackle generates more heated debate than the choice of fishing lures. So with the caveat that there is no “best” fishing lure for each unique angler and body of water, here are ...

Learn how to fish boat docks more effectively for largemouth bass—understand why bass live there, choose the best docks, and pick the perfect lure. Largemouth bass are structure orientated fish that ...

In 1998, lure designer Ron Davis came up with a way to attach a hex-shaped blade to a jig. He would go on to sell his design to Z-MAN, but not before selling thousands of these “Chatterbaits.” ...