People debate the subject of the most exciting way to catch a fish. I know what method I think is most exciting. There is ...

For the time it takes to cast, present and retrieve a soft plastic lure, you can make five casts with a topwater lure. Sometimes strikes are random, but fish often show a tendency to strike a ...

And there are loads of topwater lures designed for open water schooling bass ... Selecting the best smallmouth soft-plastic baits that everyone will agree on from the thousands of options that exist ...

Let me start my follow-up story on topwater fishing with an apology. Eagle-eyed reader Craig Chisholm caught my error in recommending a lure called the Pop-R ...

Companies have spawned seemingly every conceivable critter into a topwater bait—from frogs and rodents to flying mammals, birds, and even turtles. While some lures achieve instant notoriety for ...

Fishing with topwater lures is the most exciting way to catch ... The most ubiquitous version is made of soft plastic with a tapered body that flares to a paddle-shaped tail with an obtuse angle.

Texas angler Goya Lin uses 3D printing to design his own bass lures. One topwater lure looks like a trio of ducklings.