One summertime pleasure we can all enjoy while social distancing: fishing. Fishing has its own rewards, and more families are fishing these days, as well as finding the old tackle, which can be a bit ...

Fishing tackle can be as basic as a pole, a length of line, a weight and a baited hook. That’s seldom good enough, though. There’s something in human nature that never settles for the status quo and ...

I remember the feeling of owning that cutting-edge fishing technology at that young age. Obviously, the fish don’t stand a chance now, I thought, very incorrectly. In my much less experienced fishing ...

Yes, there are $1,000 antique fishing reels to be had as well as vintage lures, the largest selection of hunting and fishing books and more for the first major sportsman show of the year. The ...

When Bill Sonnett says he enjoys "old school" bass fishing, he isn't exaggerating. Sonnett not only collects antique fishing gear, he fishes with it. Other bass fishermen can have their high-powered ...

I think it’s fair to say that the average angler gravitates toward the latest and greatest developments in tackle. Don’t get me wrong, I do too. I’m always eager to try a new lure on my home waters, ...

If a 12-by-6 set of shelves loaded with trays and trays of various lures means a person is a tackle collector, then I’m guilty. But I still wouldn’t call myself a tackle collector. It’s just after ...

It might be worth thousands at auction. By Ezra Marcus Ellis Whiteaker, 11, didn’t know what he might find when he went hunting in his basement in Fayetteville, N.C. But he had seen a call for fishing ...

Learn how to identify valuable antique and vintage fishing lures, from Heddon and Pflueger classics to the rare Haskell Minnow. Discover why lure boxes matter, what collectors look for, and how to buy ...