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From classic spoons to muskie-size jerkbaits, these are the pike lures every serious angler needs to maximize their time on the water. Northern pike are some of the most aggressive predators found in ...

Every now and then, a buddy and I will go Zen on a fishing trip and confine ourselves to 10 lures each. No exceptions. It’s a brutal task, winnowing down an entire shelving unit full of lures. But ...

Arkansas’ squirrel season runs through Feb. 28, and the world-famous Mepps Lure Co. reminds hunters they can make money by saving and selling the tails of the squirrels they kill to eat. The tails can ...

On a hot day in August two years ago, I was throwing everything I had in my tackle box to what I thought was a nice fishy looking area on Cook Pond. It was the perfect setup except for the air temp.

ANTIGO – Mepps makes about 8,000 spinning-lure combinations at its 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, but if you buy one of its storied spinners with hooks dressed in squirrel-tail, you can ...

Thank God they flick their tails. I’d been hearing one bark for five minutes, but it’s only that ­visual cue that reveals the rodent, flattened and frozen against a hickory 30 yards away. I brace the ...

As we pushed off from the boat ramp, my competitive fishing partner had a suggestion. “How about a dollar on the first fish, another on the largest and a third dollar on the most fish?” Not being one ...

Northern pike are some of the most aggressive predators found in fresh water. They’ll eat fish, ducklings, muskrats and even their own kind. Some days you could pretty much throw anything at them and ...