All good fishermen know they should use sharp hooks, since common sense dictates that the sharper the hook the easier the barb is buried in fish flesh. But few things in fishing is more mundane than ...

Man, talk about your elementary fishing discussions. It gets no more basic than this one. There’s a process with bringing a fish to papa. And pretty much without fail, the transaction begins with the ...

If you would like to increase your fishing success by 10 percent or more this year, there is an easy solution. Dull hooks are very likely the number one reason why fish that bite, do not get their ...

Tuning a hook means prepping it for the job ahead and, in most cases, that means sharpening it, although the process could also involve removing the barb, or bending the hook to alter the shape for ...

Dull hooks lose fish, but only a handful of fishermen do anything to address the problem. Saltwater Sportsman magazine conducted a poll recently in which it asked respondents how often they sharpened ...