The lure with a funny name is serious business when it comes to catching fish in cold water. Jerk baits find favor among anglers when water temperatures dip below 50 degrees. These long, minnow-shaped ...

The "big baits catch big fish" theory sometimes flies right out the window when it comes to catching striped bass at Beaver Lake. Chasing stripers that weigh 20 to 30 pounds is enough of a challenge.

To find the fish, look above the water, not below. Seagulls are nature's fish locator when it comes to catching fish at Beaver Lake and other big Ozark reservoirs where schools of threadfin shad dwell ...

While talking with a couple of Lake Mead fishermen recently, the subject turned to gizzard shad. Since they showed up in Lake Mead in 2007, gizzards have displaced threadfin shad as both the primary ...

Masses of spawning threadfin shad have begun running the shorelines and boat dock edges this week. This early morning event has ignited a feeding frenzy among the black bass clan. My recent clients ...

Each year around this time in the spring, threadfin shad, the primary forage fish on Belton Lake, begin to spawn. Like many things in nature, the threadfin shad spawn follows a bell-shaped curve, ...