The buzzbait is one of the oldest topwater lures of all time. Dating back to the 1940s, the original design looked slightly different than the modern buzzbaits we know today. Then, in the 1970s, the ...

There’s a reason former Field & Stream Fishing Editor, A.J. McClane called the river smallmouth “the greatest freshwater gamefish of all.” If you’ve come under this fish’s spell in its river ...

It starts without warning. While fishing down the shoreline for bass on a glorious autumn day, the water behind you suddenly erupts in chaos. Huge schools of baitfish, with nowhere to flee, leap from ...