It’s hard to make the argument that catching nightcrawlers for bait is going to save you tons of cash, unless, of course, you’re a walleye charter captain who buys them by the pound for a season’s ...

One of the best fishing baits you can find is available now. You don’t find it in a bait and tackle shop, but on a specific tree. This bait is not available long and has a short window (maybe three ...

While a paved surface full of wriggling earthworms might come as an inconvenience to a school-aged boy dribbling a basketball or a high-heeled business professional walking on her daily commute, it ...

Fly fishing came into vogue in the early 20th century, and with it came criticism of worm fishing: It was too easy. The debate was considered to be of such importance that, in 1904, Atlantic Monthly ...

If you want to start an interesting debate among fishermen, ask them what’s the best lure to catch fish. Over the years, I’ve walked through many aisles in sport shops looking at fishing tackle and ...

I grew up in a fishing world — hunting, too, to be honest — that was seriously focused on bringing home something to eat. People ran trotlines on the river and filled up ice chests with as many fish ...

Which global industry is worth almost £6bn? That’s correct, it’s worms. For fishing. And which country appears to have let the market wriggle through its fingers? Right again. We have. Ragworm, which ...

Although I wrote about this phenomenon a few years ago, I’m revisiting the subject now because they have returned. The ‘they’ consists of masses of catalpa hornworms currently consuming the leaves of ...

Striped bass fishing continues to be good, reports Reece Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers. Stripers are being caught 60 feet deep or deeper, he said. Best baits are brood minnows, shad or ...

The workers are methodical as they break up clumps of pig poo compost and hand pick the plumpest worms to be sold as fishing bait. It is not a glamourous job, but it is carried out with pride at the ...