The most useful and versatile inshore terminal-tackle rig in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia is a sliding cork affair, appropriately called the "float rig." It's also the inshore rig that ...

Selecting a bait for trout isn’t rocket science. They like garden worms, mealworms, wax worms, and nightcrawlers. Salmon eggs score big, as do all of the synthetic dough baits on the market these days ...

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

One of the best ways to catch fish, for the next few months especially but even year-round, is with the old standard shad dart and minnow below a float. I caught my largest pond pickerel, weighing ...

Want a no-nonsense float setup that works on canals, rivers and stillwaters? This simple waggler rig is the perfect place to start.

Flounder fishing action already is good throughout much of the tidewater First Coast, and it's sure to be heating up over the coming weeks. Flounder fishing is pretty basic. Work baits and lures on or ...

SHAKESPEARE TIGER SPINNING COMBO: An action-ready combination, the Shakespeare Spinning Surf Combo is an ideal choice for a wide variety of freshwater and saltwater game fish. Includes a 3-piece ...