The centerpin drift's effectiveness and the reel’s lack of built-in drag make for exciting moments fighting finicky fish.

Get into saltwater fly-fishing with schoolie striped bass

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A practical guide to your first baitcasting reel.

Make your flatfish excursions more productive with these ten proven fluke rigs.

Baitcaster reels offer better line control than spinning reels, allowing for more accurate casts.

Jimmy Fee, editor of On The Water Magazine, explains how using jigs to deliver crab baits to blackfish makes tog fishing more fun.

Troll small, troll fast for late-summer bonito.

Chamois is made to absorb water, and when it does, it gains the buoyancy and movement of pork strips.

Conserve stripers by making the switch to single hooks.