The author holds a 38-inch northern pike caught on a Suick. See below for the damage this fish inflicted to a brand new lure. / Joe Shead Why You Need the Best Northern Pike Lures for Consistent ...

French angler Andre Meulnart invented the inline spinner in 1938 while working for a company called Manufacturier d’Engins de Precision pour Peches Sportives. You probably know the brand by its ...

As we pushed off from the boat ramp, my competitive fishing partner had a suggestion. “How about a dollar on the first fish, another on the largest and a third dollar on the most fish?” Not being one ...

Like any fisherman, I have favorite lures. Mine include the Jitterbug, Mepps spinners, Rapalas and the lowly jig. They worked in the 1940s when I starting fishing, and they work today. The Jitterbug ...

Why do fish hit a twirling hunk of metal? Do fish mistake a spinner or spoon for a minnow? The evidence seems to be conclusive that they do. Nearly every large trout or bass I’ve caught in my lifetime ...

ANTIGO – Mepps makes about 8,000 spinning-lure combinations at its 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, but if you buy one of its storied spinners with hooks dressed in squirrel-tail, you can ...