Fishing is a popular way to unwind and enjoy time on the ocean throughout the Grand Strand and many local piers have beer for a cold one while at the docks. At least seven piers in the greater Myrtle ...

There are bigger bait-and-tackle stores, no doubt. And some that offer a wider variety of live baits. Others may carry all the latest gadgets — electronic and otherwise — designed to put you on top of ...

Like most anglers of my generation, I started my fishing career using live bait. My first catch was a brook trout that gobbled a garden worm on a long-ago first day of trout season. And while my first ...

Chuck Fisher has held the lease to the Walking on Water Café on the Ocean Beach Pier since 1993. Photo by Chris Stone Phones were ringing nonstop all week at the Walking on Water Café on the Ocean ...

Water temperatures dropped a degree or two in Monterey Bay this week, likely the effect of high winds last week and the heavy marine layer and fog this week. Water temps are still slightly above ...

When you absolutely, positively have to catch a fish, live bait is the only way to go, period. While artificial lures are variously new, improved, or otherwise hyped worldwide, the lowly worm and its ...

Fathead minnows, leeches and worms are mainstays in bait-shop refrigerators across the country. These old standards have pro­duced stringers of game fish for decades, and they’ll continue to produce ...

The Crystal Pier Bait & tackle shop will no longer close after Memorial Day on May 31. Instead, they're allowed to stay open until July 22. The shop has been a fixture in Pacific Beach for 13 years ...