At Fishing Finatics in Everett Pete Santini said he and a couple friends fished Tuesday out in deep water between the B Buoy and Egg Rock. They trolled mackerel with five colors of lead line and ...

The best bait on the East coast, pogies, are being caught by the hundreds up and down the coastline. They make great bait for striped bass and bluefish too. You get one of these and either live-line ...

When the calendar flipped to July, excited whispers filtered in from fishermen and through our community’s vast network of tackle shop counters, online reports and social media posts. “Pogies.” To an ...

Most of the action this week has been on the various panfish species in the river and lakes. Bluegill are the more consistent, but if you know how to target shellcracker, they're actively bedding and ...

This is some of the natural prey of speckled trout and redfish. Brendan Bayard especially likes pogies for trophy-sized speckled trout. If you had caught a 4-pound speckled trout this summer anywhere ...

A new showdown is brewing over Louisiana's controversial menhaden fishing, with another round set to play out in Baton Rouge Thursday when state commissioners consider a proposal to again alter ...

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Striped bass fishing will continue to be hot this week as anglers are catching fish of all sizes. The Atlantic menhaden (pogies) are here in abundance, too. Last week, angler Carol LaFrance said: ...

Over the decades, several locations in the Northeast have vied for the title of striper surfcasting capital of the world. A century ago, Cuttyhunk Island was considered the pinnacle, and its ...

The big bluegill continue to bite hard — if you can find them. And if you do, it'll likely be eight or 10 — then nothing. Then you'll need to move on to find them again. In fishing vernacular that's ...