Soft plastic baits are great for catching smallmouth, largemouth, and spotted bass. Many soft plastics can be fished weightless or rigged for other effective techniques. But the endless profiles, ...

If you fish, you know Berkley. From soft plastics and hard baits to top-notch fishing line, and some of the best scent-dispersing baits on the market, Berley makes gear rhat’s on the water pretty much ...

I love to catch bass no matter which lure I use. But there still has to be a best way, right? On my way up to a recent Northwoods bass fishing week, a friend asked if there was some specific bite I ...

Concern over the potential environmental health impacts of phthalates in soft plastic fishing lures among recreational anglers could create consumer demand for more informative labels or different ...

An interdisciplinary research team has demonstrated in their new study that harmful phthalates and endocrine disruptors are released from common soft plastic baits. Soft plastic lures are increasingly ...

How can you not respect the lake trout? A potential goliath of a freshwater predator, the laker is a stunningly attractive creature—hard charging, typically delicious and a survivor of every ...

Springfield, Mo.-based fishing and hunting gear supplier Lew's Holdings Corp. reeled in a big one — the manufacturer of at least 70 percent of all soft plastic bait made in the U.S. — with its ...

Birds may follow their noses to dangerous, fake feasts. Bits of plastic left in the ocean develop the same scent that certain seabirds use to locate food – and the aroma could lure hungry birds ...