If you don’t know how to fish with poppers and get the most from these lures, now’s the perfect time to learn, as the topwater bite is in full swing and will stay good through summer and into fall.

A good topwater smash is one of the greatest experiences in fishing. Dozens of surface lures on the market can make them happen, but few are more popular or user-friendly than a popper. They come in ...

Freshwater anglers have lots of topwater options. In the bass game especially, those looking for surface eruptions can dip into practically any lure genre and find the perfect bait to call up a hog.

Fox Harmon remembers as a youngster staring in awe whenever his father opened his old, galvanized metal tackle box. The individual slots were filled with brightly colored Dalton Specials, Snagless ...

After my last column, which featured a reader from New York reminiscing about the Arbogast Jitterbug, I’ve received several more fishing stories about peoples’ favorite lures that I’d like to run in ...