Plenty of hefty smallmouth bass fall for crankbaits, jerkbaits, spinnerbaits, and midsize swimbaits all along the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. These more aggressive lures have their time and ...

Per an article on Bassmaster.com: When summer sets in and temperatures rise, I am at my best as an angler. Sure, the spring and fall fishing is good and can be fun, but summertime makes the search for ...

Summer can be cruel to a devout trout fisherman. I found that out during the relentless drought of 2016. By July, flows on the Farmington River—my home water in Connecticut—were reduced to a pathetic ...

NEWAYGO, MI — Hot summer days aren’t always the best for trout, but summer is dynamite for smallmouth bass. And fortunately, Michigan has a number of great rivers for smallies. What’s special about ...

ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – It’s time for the newest 18 Sports Big Fish Summer entry. Congratulations to Noah Colpitts, who caught his personal best 4.7 pound smallmouth bass, while fishing on Lake Ontario.

We're fishing here in the beginning of summer and share with you a key tip on which style of crankbait to use during the summer. This video is loaded with smallmouth bass catching advice, and some ...

HORSEHEADS, N.Y. (WETM) – 18 Sports’ Big Fish Summer rolls on with another great catch. Presented by Valley Wholesale Bait & Tackle, we honor another special day on the water. Congrats to Horseheads’ ...

NEWAYGO -- It is mid-afternoon on a hot, steamy day, and Scott Bowerman has a good bass on. It is 15 inches, a smallmouth with fight. It came right off the shallow bottom of the Muskegon River and ...

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in ...

Here is the latest fishing report from Dave Graybill, longtime Eastern Washington outdoor radio host and angler: This is prime time to be fishing crank baits on Banks Lake. I was new to this style of ...