Before Billy Maxwell and I got married, I followed him from Virginia to Hatteras Island, North Carolina, in the spring after the Bonney brothers were kind enough to assign him a boat slip. At the time ...

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When it comes to antique fishing lures and other tackle, I’m more of an accumulator than a collector. If I see something cool for short money at a tag sale, then I’ll latch on to it. I don’t collect ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." No piece of fishing tackle generates more heated debate than the choice of fishing lures. So with the ...

Here's a universal truth courtesy of the outdoors world: If you're an angler you're also a lure collector. The proof is in our tackle boxes, gear bags and fishing vests. My collection dates to the ...

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 ...

From, to a classic fly-fishing gift that never goes out of style, to 5 exciting bass lure releases from Berkley, to the DQ of two All-American qualifiers leading to the question of integrity in bass ...

For Davy Hite, winning the BASS Masters Classic last week in New Orleans was the achievement of a dream and established him as one of the elite. For Russ Bringger, making the bait that Hite used to ...

Q: I have several fishing lures from the mid-1960s, including Jitterbug, Sputterbug and Heddon Crazy Crawler. All are in their original packaging and unused. Any value? — Daryl, Laconia, N.H. A: One ...

If you are a baby boomer fisherman or older, you knew the sight of an Al's Goldfish lure. And if you are younger, chances are that when you saw that picture, you said, "Oh yes, I saw one of those in ...

TULSA, Okla. — It might be the best-kept secret since the Manhattan Project. It’s 55 men from across the country working for the just-right combination of metals, hard and soft plastics and the ...