For freshwater anglers from Maine to Virginia, these are the best lures for chain pickerel when other less-reliable targets won't cooperate.

Chain pickerel provide year-round freshwater fun on Long Island.

Long Island's shallow, weedy ponds provide ideal housing for sizable chain pickerel through the winter into early spring.

Despite the "trash fish" reputation, fallfish can make for delicious table fare when prepared correctly.

The fishing on Saturday was terrible—two ponds, seven hours and one tiny bass.

My favorite kind of freshwater fishing is without a doubt tossing a weedless frog into some lily pads and watching a hungry largemouth burst through the slop to eat the lure.

This past weekend, I fished Assawompset Pond.