When should you use octopus, circle, barbless, single siwash, and treble hooks? What's the difference between them, and ...

Summer always makes me think of panfish, or more specifically taking little kids fishing with bait and bobber. Small children need more or less instant results to hold their interest. The little ...

With sheepshead season still in ramp-up mode, an obvious question: How has the widespread use of circle hooks changed the dynamics of catching the toothy and tasty shell-cruncher? Turns out, there is ...

Sending rings across the pond's quiet surface, the tiny cork float twitched, quivered and disappeared. The fisherman holding the rod did what she'd being doing all afternoon when a fish bit. Nothing. ...

After you've landed your fish, you need to get the hook out. Most of the time it's a simply matter. Just grasp the hook or lure, push back against the direction the hook penetrated and you're done.

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Circle hooks will be required in all bait rigs in billfish tournaments, effective Jan. 1, according to new regulations from the National Marine Fisheries Service. The regulation has been expected by ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing a new fishing regulation for public comment that would require the use of circle hooks when recreational fishing for striped bass. The ...