Learn how to unhook fish properly using pliers, barbless hooks, and other tips to reduce harm and help fish survive after release.

these five main categories of hook cover the most common fishing scenarios and presentations. The J hook is a fish hook in its simplest form—shaped like the letter J. Of course, you can’t get ...

High-speed trolling lures offer an easy way to cover water and target big fish without dealing with rigging and maintaining ...

Last spring, Leif Pettersen saw an opportunity for a fishing club at Belmar Elementary School, where he works as an eighth-grade, in-class resource teacher. The single-school Monmouth County ...

Over two years, they caught 716 striped bass with J-hooks and three popular circle hooks models. Before releasing them, they tagged nearly half of these fish with electronic transmitters that ...