November 28, 2024
We’re hoping for a December striped bass bite, the tautog are eating, and pickerel are just cranking up, but in the coming months there will likely be some period of time—be it a week or a month—when…
August 8, 2024
Before you can ever gaff a tuna you have to fool one into biting, and for many anglers the initial step will be building a spreader bar. When it comes to offshore trolling there are only two basic…
January 8, 2024
If your jigging lures of choice are soft plastic paddletails or jerk baits, what size should you use during each season while fishing for striped bass? Listening to the AIC, FishTalk contributor Eric…
January 6, 2023
Some types of rigging can get complex and thus may seem a bit overwhelming at times, but you can catch just about every sporting species with some very simple, basic rigs - and when it comes to…
July 15, 2022
Tackle manufacturers keep up a steady stream of new and improved products, and we keep bringing you the latest and the greatest as quickly as we can. Last month we told you about some cool new…
May 3, 2022
Welcome to this month's mini-quiz, brought to you by the folks at Dangle Lures. Last month our challenge was a crossword puzzle, and the winner of the Dangle Lures prize-pack was Anthony Gruber of…
January 8, 2022
Anyone who's ever tried Chesapeake Bay Fishing has almost certainly stumbled into a tackle store to grab some lures at one time or another, and struggled to pick which colors to go with. With a…
February 24, 2021
There are a few undeniable benefits to making an entrance at the height of uncertainty associated with a global pandemic, but after a one-month hiatus, FishTalk returned to the presses in June 2020…
January 20, 2021
Ready to check out a bunch of hot new fishing gear, for the new year? Of course you are! Here are three top picks from our latest round-up.
Piscifun Carbon X 1000
We found that the Piscifun Carbon…
June 5, 2020
Chances are the title anecdote is engrained deep in your subconscious, whether you grew up fishing the Chesapeake Bay or simply visited a local tackle shop while passing through the watershed. For…
March 18, 2019
Anyone who plans to learn about Chesapeake Bay fishing needs to know about bucktail jigs, and how to fish with them. But before we get to tactics and techniques, here's a quick video that will help…
February 7, 2019
When we went to Angler’s Sport Center to shoot some video recently, we spent some time focused on finding the five best fishing lures made by local companies – and then realized that we’d fished with…
December 5, 2018
Any list of the five best fishing lures of all time must include:
Bucktails
Spoons
Soft Plastic Jigs
Marabou Jigs
Topwater Plugs
If you want to start a brawl, try bad-mouthing Old Bay in a…
November 15, 2017
We've all heard of the walking dead... but, what about the swimming dead?! Meet the Zombait robotic fishing lure. We headed out to our usual hot spots for striped bass on the Chesapeake Bay to test…
August 24, 2017
Garmin VIRB 360
This waterproof, compact, rugged, and fully spherical 360-degree action-cam is now hitting the market. Hang it from an outrigger, mount it on the T-top, or dunk it beneath the…
August 2, 2017
Here at FishTalk we don't like to merely take a manufacturer's words at face value - we want to put it to the test - so when Berkley said their new PowerBait Max Scent put a stronger scent cloud…