Fishing derbies are like the lottery in that you can’t win unless you enter. Lorna Illingworth, for example, caught a 158-pound halibut last weekend while fishing during the “Halibut Hullabaloo” out ...

Shore jigging is a surf-fishing technique that uses light braid, spinning reels and long surf rods to make long casts to actively feeding fish. David Zoby Shore jigging the beaches of the Baja ...

Learning new styles of fishing is one of my favorite pastimes. The only downside is some lessons are painfully learned. We set out one line with bait and quickly caught a keeper-sized crab. On my rod, ...