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 ...

Make no mistake about it. Fishing with umbrella rigs, also called chandeliers, is not finesse fishing. There's no delicate presentation involved. No romancing the fish. No elegance. To do it correctly ...

It ain't as easy as it looks. That's the message from FLW pro Casey Martin about flinging the notorious umbrella rig, AKA the "Alabama Rig", on TVA lakes. "It can be really effective and catch fish ...

Full pool 1,073 feet. Lake level is at 1,063 1/4 feet, unchanged from last week. Water temperatures are in the mid 80s. Recent tournaments continue to take 15 pounds or more to win. Smallmouth and ...

Anglers should think small when fishing for black bass. Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said small-sized lures work best for bass when the water is summertime warm, but bass fishing at ...

Full pool 1,073 feet. Lake level is at 1,060½ feet and falling, down almost 2 feet from last week. Water temperatures are in the upper 80s. Be aware of the no fish zone around the dam that is in place ...