You are not going to hurt the fish. No fish ever died from setting a hook. There is one other aspect of topwater fishing and that is frog fishing. I don’t know why frogs are kept separate, but they ...

Six years ago, I looked it up, I wrote a column about setting the hook when fly fishing. I need to remind myself every time I’m on the water how to correctly set a hook, I thought maybe you could use ...

Should your fishing reel be on the right hand, or on the left side? Do you use your dominant hand to reel or to set the hook ...

The techniques of hook setting and fish playing can vary from species to species, water to water, and a good way to look bad over unfamiliar circumstances is to rely on a non-wavering stance. One ...

Fishing hooks are a critical component in any fishing setup, yet they’re all too often overlooked. No matter how expensive your rod and reel setups are, without proper hooks fish are going to get away ...

With sheepshead season still in ramp-up mode, an obvious question: How has the widespread use of circle hooks changed the dynamics of catching the toothy and tasty shell-cruncher? Turns out, there is ...