You could use one of those fancy side-scan sonar depth finders with the new underwater fish-eye orthographic readouts. Or you could go cut a switch of bamboo and do a little cane-pole fishing. If you ...

At times, all of us look back in longing to simpler days and simpler ways. Often such thoughts focus on youth and carefree pursuits we enjoyed before coming of age. For many sportsmen, one of the most ...

Fishing, at the most primitive level, is really quite simple. The fish tugs at the baited hook and the angler lifts the fish out of the water and onto the bank or into the boat.It worked for Tom ...

Young Lake County anglers are fortunate to have a bountiful supply of panfish to chase. With the gear – a cane pole, hook, line and a bobber – the novice can strip on a worm and expect to catch a fish ...

It's the time of year to catch a mess of bream. In old Florida, that meant fishing with a traditional cane pole. As it turns out, finding the fish is easier than finding the pole. Once a common thing ...

Lake County’s Harris Chain of Lakes may have a black eye as far as bass anglers are concerned, but for the cane-pole-and-crickets crowd it’s the place for panfish. From the pad fields in Little Lake ...

I was 11 years old when I started fishing in earnest that summer with my neighbor, Mr. Roper. He lived across the street, was the neighborhood Santa Claus every year and owned a small-engine repair ...

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS — One of the appeals of bluegill fishing for many Arkansans is simplicity. Cane poles, bobbers, crickets and worms are basics. Cane poles work fine for fishermen. You can cut ...

My grandfather was born and raised in the tiny town of Nauvoo near Dyersburg, Tenn. Like many poor southern families, the Butler clan moved north to find work in the 1940s. Unable to let go of his ...