More than 80 years ago on the pristine waters of Lake Päijänne in Finland, a fisherman named Lauri watched from his boat as large predatory fish attacked schools of minnows. Time after time, he ...

The author holds an early spring lake trout caught while trolling a crankbait just a few feet below the surface of Lake Superior. / Joe Shead There are lots of different ways to catch lake trout, but ...

I’ve got a few tattoos, one of which is a trout—a big hook-jaw brown on my leg. It’s fair to say that trout are my favorite freshwater species, and I’ve been fishing for them since I was a wee tiny ...

With river flows low and gentle, now is a great time to chase trout with stickbaits in the tailwaters below our Ozark reservoirs. Properly trolling a stickbait requires precision. Our favorite ...

I know I'm getting old. My long-suffering wife reminded me that next year I would reach 70 years of age. Only getting better, not older, I explained. This was reinforced by a recent communication from ...