The Inside Line

Fishing live bait or cut bait sometimes gets a bad rap (including from otherwise-informed outdoor writers). The f … read more

I fished local and regional tournaments for nearly 20 years, and I always thought it was the solitary nature of t … read more

If you want to get a tournament angler excited, show him hydrilla, standing timber or big boulders. They’ll gush over brush. They’ll go cuckoo for coontail. They’ll act ape crap for riprap. … read more

For American bass anglers, the peacock bass, which is not a bass at all, is the ultimate foe. They eat topwaters, … read more

The past two times I fished in Brazil, I was told to use nothing less than 65-pound braid. I brought several reel … read more