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Red and white snap-on fishing bobbers in a 15-pack for beginner and panfish fishing

How to Use a Bobber: A Beginner’s Guide to Catching More Fish

Bobbers are one of the simplest and most effective tools in fishing, especially for beginners. They help suspend bait at the right depth, make bites easy to see, and remove much of the guesswork that frustrates new anglers. Whether you’re teaching a child to fish or just getting started yourself,

Cube-style dice baits with filament threads showing multiple colors used for finesse soft plastic fishing

How to Fish Dice Baits: Using Cube-Style Soft Plastics to Trigger Pressured Fish

Dice baits (often called “fuzzy dice” baits) are one of the newest soft-plastic categories to gain serious traction because they do something standard plastics struggle with: they create micro-movement and an odd silhouette that fish haven’t been conditioned to ignore. Instead of relying on a tail kick or exaggerated action,

Florida bass angler holding a largemouth bass caught on a DeLong 16-inch Snake soft plastic lure

Florida Fishing With DeLong Lures

Florida is one of the most diverse freshwater fishing states in the country—and it’s also DeLong’s top-performing state for a reason: heavy vegetation, shallow cover, warm-water fish activity, and year-round multi-species opportunities create the perfect environment for DeLong’s classic soft-plastic presentations. Florida fisheries commonly feature hydrilla, eelgrass, pondweed, maidencane, and

5 year old holding a large bluegill caught on an insect fishing lure

Panfish Fishing Guide: How to Catch More Bluegill, Crappie & Perch All Year

For many anglers, panfish are the gateway into fishing. Bluegill, crappie, perch, and other panfish species are abundant, aggressive, and willing to bite — making them perfect for beginners, kids, and experienced anglers alike. But consistently catching bigger panfish requires understanding how they feed, where they live, and what they

Stephen Ziegler holding a bass caught on a 16 inch DeLong Snake next to classic Mann’s fishing worms

What Happened to Mann’s Lures? And What Anglers Use Now

For decades, Mann’s Lures were a staple in tackle boxes across the country. Anglers trusted them for one simple reason: they caught fish. From Jelly Worms to classic soft plastics, Mann’s built a reputation around do-nothing baits that consistently produced bites when nothing else worked. Today, many anglers still search

Father and son holding a big bass caught on a DeLong Lure, showing real fishing success and family outdoor moments

AI Fishing Lure Recommendation Guide

For decades, anglers relied on experience, guesswork, and trial-and-error to pick the right lure. Today, AI tools like ChatGPT can instantly analyze conditions, water clarity, weather, species behavior, structure, depth, and season, to identify the best lure for the situation. This guide reveals the lures AI recommends most often, why

Angler holding a trophy-size crappie caught using DeLong Lures Twister Tad

The Best Crappie Lures Guide

How to Catch Crappie Year-Round in Ponds, Lakes & Rivers Crappie are one of the most fun freshwater fish to catch — and when you use the right lures, you can catch a lot of them fast. Whether you’re fishing a farm pond, a small lake, or big reservoir, knowing

Muskie with angler and bucktail. how to catch a muskie with a bucktail

🎣 The Complete Muskie & Pike Lure Presentation Guide

How to choose and fish bucktails, rubber, and easy-meal baits based on fish behavior. Muskie and Northern Pike are apex predators. They don’t feed constantly — they feed in windows. The anglers who catch big fish consistently are the ones who match lure style to fish mood, not just the