Every topwater strike makes bass fishing more fun. But there’s something about topwater frog fishing—watching that almost comical-looking bait hop and sputter and then get suddenly obliterated—that ...

The soft-plastic lure fluttered and kicked like a struggling frog across the weed mat and into the open pocket. Then, with the abrupt swirl that never gets old, a solid bass rose in a boiling strike.

I love to catch bass no matter which lure I use. But there still has to be a best way, right? On my way up to a recent Northwoods bass fishing week, a friend asked if there was some specific bite I ...

Topwater lures are in a league of their own. Nowhere in the fishing world will you find a more eclectic, bizarre, and curious collection of tackle. Companies have spawned seemingly every conceivable ...

Spring time is when the Bass come out and start feeding after a long lethargic winter. This is the most exciting time of the year for Bass anglers. All winter fisherman around the country have been ...

I promised to offer a list of the best lures that an angler can have in his tackle box, and here it is. Nothing exotic, just items that I think work. You should have a couple of pre-rigged plastic ...

You already know there is no more exciting and satisfying way to catch a bass than with a topwater lure, but which one is best, when and where? The following list highlights the five most universally ...

Every once in a while, someone asks me, “Why do you like fishing so much? Isn’t it boring?” My first impulse is to put them in a Homer Simpson-style chokehold for even thinking fishing could be boring ...

Motivation for Macungie’s Matthew Fenstermaker came in the form of filling a void. No matter how many frog lures he tried while fishing for bass, pickerel and pike, they all had the same problem. They ...