While it is possible to get very technical with bait choices, one of the biggest attractions to freshwater fishing for many is the ability to keep it simple and still catch at least a few fish.

When you’re fishing around grass in a pond, lake, or river system, a swim jig can be a deadly bait to turn to when everyone else is throwing a chatterbait. The Dirty Jigs Swim Jig is a tested jig that ...

sometimes keeping a tight line and letting the flow give the bait action is enough to fool a giant brown or rainbow. Joe Cermele is the Fishing Editor of Outdoor Life, where he writes about fishing ...

Berkley’s PowerBait Power Swimmer is a versatile lure designed for a range of freshwater fish ... around the time trout fishing gets going in earnest. Here again, egg baits get the nod, as ...

When I first started fishing in the 1980s ... It also serves well for casting light topwater baits, even into the wind. The Revo Rocket is available in otherwise-equally-outfitted left hand ...