What's the best fishing bait? Worms! If you want to catch bass, trout, walleyes, and more, follow these 13 tips for better worm fishing.

Normal every-day-go-out-to-the-pond bluegill fish, bass fish with some worms, a maggot, stuff like that, they are out there to have fun fishermen, they are going to say the term bobber.

Some hooks, fishing line, a bobber (it dips down to let you know you’ve hooked a fish), split shot (little lead balls to weigh down the line) and artificial worms and fake minnows for bait.

You won’t find “kivver” in any dictionary. It’s our local slang term for several species of small panfish. Kivver fishing with a bobber and worm is often the first and most exciting action ...

* The bobber can be moved up and down, depending on how deep the fish are. When you start getting fish, stay at that depth.

Green sunfish good on pieces of worm, tiny jigs and flies under bobber near shore. Largemouth bass fair on minnows, jigs, plastic worms and nightcrawlers.

Something about bobber fishing has hooked me since childhood. It is there, very real and so enticing, but I can’t exactly tell you why it is so appealing. Perhaps it is the cadence of the float ...

Fishing the Patapsco River at the border of Howard and Baltimore counties, I often encountered the smiling face of Roland Avery, as effective a trout fisherman as I’ve ever met. Over the year… ...

Fishing with a bobber can add a new twist for Idaho anglers. Use bobbers with live bait or jigs or for some additional distance. Try fishing for panfish at Julius Kleiner Park in Meridian.