Fly fishing came into vogue in the early 20th century, and with it came criticism of worm fishing: It was too easy. The debate was considered to be of such importance that, in 1904, Atlantic Monthly ...

Recently, I had the pleasure of having my two youngest grandchildren, ages 4 and 7, visit me. When they arrived, they informed me they wanted to catch fish, not cast for fish, but catch. I was ...

But now even bait has gone high tech. Including the lowly worm, that ground-boring little fish-getter you dug up as a kid. These days a worm is not merely a worm. The baits are specialized, for ...

It’s hard to make the argument that catching nightcrawlers for bait is going to save you tons of cash, unless, of course, you’re a walleye charter captain who buys them by the pound for a season’s ...