Catch ratios for billfish have soared as crews and anglers fine-tune their circle hook skills and techniques. It is now common for anglers to catch 80 to 90 percent of their bites, and how the hook is ...

Hello folks, this week we have a great video for you which is full of carp catching shore fishing action! Ivo takes you to ...

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 ...

Between intense recreational-fishing pressure, big-money tournaments and commercial-longline bycatch, the East Coast white marlin fishery was near collapse in 2000. There was talk of adding white ...

More and more anglers, along with light-tackle Bay captains, are using and suggesting circle hooks to those for whom a “J” hook has been the only hook choice. “J” hooks are straight-shank hooks with ...

This year’s recreational striped bass fishing season on the Hudson River kicked off April 1, with a new mandatory “in-line” circle hook regulation for those anglers fishing with bait scheduled to ...

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 ...

However, live bait like nightcrawlers, leeches, crappie minnows, and suckers can get expensive quickly when you’re fishing on ...

Anglers are required to use circle hooks in some fishing tournaments because they are less likely to cause lethal injuries in billfish, such as marlin. However, new research shows that broadening ...