Surf fishing and be a bit intimidating to the uninitiated. It’s you against a vast ocean, and even though some lakes are huge, you still feel like the fish are confined enough that you have a shot.

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UNION HALL - Rex Smith must be crazy. Why else would this man, whom I consider a good friend, call me Tuesday afternoon to say he was catching the heck out of stripers at Smith Mountain Lake? "You ...

Today's Fishing Q&A is about pole sizes for surf fishing, treble hooks or single hooks, and rigs for dock fishing. Question 1: How long should my fishing pole be for surf fishing? Question 2: Do you ...

Carey Kilgannon of The New York Times had a great story today about fishing for striped bass from shore at the Montauk Lighthouse on Long Island in New York. It sounds like they’ve brought combat ...

Black sea bass season has finally reopened and will continue until Dec. 31, now reinstituted with a 15-fish bag limit and 12.5-inch minimum size. All indicators point to some excellent sea bass ...

Where you should go: There were reports of some school stripers being caught in the Island Beach State Park surf recently. With the northwest wind predicted, it should be possible to fish there ...