Fishing, at the most primitive level, is really quite simple. The fish tugs at the baited hook and the angler lifts the fish out of the water and onto the bank or into the boat.It worked for Tom ...

Discover how to fish with cane poles and about the different bait types. In this episode, we learn about fishing with cane poles, the basics of different bait types, and safety tips for when fishing ...

A basic premise in using live bait is presenting it as natural forage. Panfish, bass and catfish will respond to live bait when lures fail. Many anglers caught their first fish using a cane pole, ...

At times, all of us look back in longing to simpler days and simpler ways. Often such thoughts focus on youth and carefree pursuits we enjoyed before coming of age. For many sportsmen, one of the most ...

RIVER VALLEY and OZARK AREA — To compensate for poorquality, short-range tackle, bass anglers in the 19th and early 20th centuries developed many innovative fishing techniques designed to draw ...

You could use one of those fancy side-scan sonar depth finders with the new underwater fish-eye orthographic readouts. Or you could go cut a switch of bamboo and do a little cane-pole fishing. If you ...

Bait. We need bait. Have you got any? Well, then, if you don’t, then you need some, too. It’s all about bait. Everything. Not just fishing. I do not know how much bait I have gathered in my life, ...

The best smallmouth bass fisherman I've ever known used the simplest of rigs -- a long cane pole outfitted with a length of black nylon line, three or four feet of monofilament, a sinker made from ...

Daylight was only a pale promise on the horizon as Walker Cline and I pulled away from a dock on Indian Lake in western Ohio. It was completely calm and a heavy haze hung low over the water. Walker ...