It's a big-time fishing party when word gets out that heavyweight striped bass are biting at Beaver Lake. The fishing grapevine has been ripe with reports of fabulous striper fishing during autumn and ...

Few flies can go from a farm pond to the striper surf to a tarpon flat without missing a beat — the Gurgler is one of them. Jack Gartside’s foam-bodied topwater pattern has been fooling fish for ...

The "big baits catch big fish" theory sometimes flies right out the window when it comes to catching striped bass at Beaver Lake. Chasing stripers that weigh 20 to 30 pounds is enough of a challenge.