Big fish smashing a topwater lure is the most exciting sensation in fishing, and there's no better time to experience it than now. Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, Kentucky bass, striped bass and ...

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No boat? No problem! We're boatless today fishing top water on the saltwater shores looking for those striped bass. The set up 20 lb Thunderbraid, with a 20 lb Thundercarbon leader. a single snap, and ...

Targeting striped bass with top water lures in an urban setting. On this edition of the Journal, we target striped bass with top water lures in an urban setting. In “Gear Time,” our anglers discuss ...

When it comes to fishing lures, one of the greatest crossover success stories has to be that of the Creek Chub Pikie Minnow. Released in 1920, this long wooden plug with a heavy metal lip and ...

The Creek Chub Lure Company designed the Pikie in the 1920s. Like many early surfcasting plugs, this one was originally intended to catch muskies and pike. It didn’t take long for surfcasters to ...

Striped bass hooked in the New Jersey surf on a T-Hex metal—a variation of the classic diamond jig. Photo Courtesy of Matt Farrell. Metal lures are boring. Scan the pegboard at any saltwater tackle ...

Striped bass have an appetite for minnows. Aaron Jolliff at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said brood minnows work best, but stripers are biting minnows of any size at least 25 feet deep. Best ...

The stripers are chasing bite into the coves, and trollers are scoring with shad-patterned umbrella rigs.” Bill Sterling of Striperz Gone Wild added, “The big lake heating up for huge striped bass as ...