When learning how to fish for bass, an essential first lesson for beginners is to master a few essential fishing rigs that use soft baits—whether they’re worms, crawfish, tube baits, or creature baits ...

In the world of bass fishing, you can try hundreds of techniques and thousands of baits. This can make it challenging to find your tried and true favorites, but it seems that most bass anglers I know ...

Learn the top 6 ways to rig a soft stickbait—Texas-rigged, wacky, Neko, shaky and Ned rigs. Get ready to catch more largemouth and smallmouth bass anywhere you fish. Boost your fishing success with ...

The Texas rig just might be a bass angler’s best option for early summer action. There are limitless options of bait styles you can put on your hook, and depending on the size of your bullet weight, ...

The Tokyo rig may be the hottest soft-­plastic presentation in stateside bass fishing right now, but it’s not new. Leadered punch-shot rigs have been a thing in Japan for a while. It wasn’t until VMC ...

Bass fishing has seen a lot of big changes in recent years, from new baits, to crazy electronic advancements. These changes have led to some of the old reliable baits our fathers and grandfathers ...

Ballyhoo are one of the world’s most popular offshore baits. They are widely available just about everywhere, and perhaps even better, just about every pelagic species love to eat them: Marlin, ...

On the tournament trail, he's known for scratching around super shallow with a wacky worm rig or an unweighted Texas rig, but ...

When it comes to catching fish, the pattern of hook and how you hook your bait really does matter. For soft baits like maggots or meat, poor hooking can burst them, split them, or even cause them to ...

Wacky rigs are ideal for throwing around docks during the post spawn. A wacky rig is perhaps the most subtle, natural, and non-invasive presentation bass anglers use. It’s a very slow and finessed ...

What Is a Soft Stickbait and Why Do Bass Love It? A soft stickbait is a cylindrical 'worm' that is commonly found in four to six inch sizes. With no fancy appendages, lips or moving parts, these ...