Jeff Samsel

Cooler weather delivers excellent opportunities for catching spotted seatrout from coastal waters in the South. Learn how to find and catch these fun sportfish.

Long-time lure painter Frank Scalish offers insights on how to custom paint fishing lures more effectively.

The Niagara River offers dazzling variety and opportunities for trophy catches of multiple gamefish species. Learn more about this outstanding fishery.

If you like creek fishing and bank fishing, we’ve created a new space and special fishing tackle kits just for you!

Slow-sinking hard baits rank as some of the best trout fishing lures for the cool season. Learn how these baits can help you catch more fish.

Considering seasonal conditions and choosing spinnerbaits and presentations accordingly can help you catch more bass this fall.

Learn why Jason Christie developed The FF Sonar Minnow system and technique and how to use this technique to catch suspended bass.

Casting the right panfish lures to the right kinds of places can produce fun and highly dependable fall fishing action.

Learn how a veteran Mobile Bay saltwater fishing guide reads clues to locate and catch more fish.

“People think I’m joking when I say I smell the redfish,” Capt. Patric Garmeson of Ugly Fishing said with a smile as he leaned back against the bull redfish on the end of his line.

Moments earlier, the veteran charter caption had announced “smelling them” and turned his head to look upwind. Something obviously looked good because he immediately turned the boat with his trolling motor, moved in the direction he had looked and made long cast with a swimbait. The hook-up was almost immediate!

Garmeson doesn’t literally smell redfish. However, he can smell clues that predator fish are feeding, so when Garmeson catches a whiff of that scent, he knows to seek its source.