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 ...

The original creature bait, its action and bulk make it stand out in water that closely resembles chocolate milk, so it’s easy for bass to find. A perfect profile and attractive action that doesn’t ...

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 ...

In-line spinners, spoons, and hardbaits get all the love in the trout game, and rightfully so. These lures have been punishing browns, rainbows, and brookies for many decades. As the old adage goes, ...

When I was kid we didn’t have soft plastics like those now available. We had “rubber worms,” and that was pretty much it. Oh, there was some variety. There was was the five-inch rubber worm, and the ...

Before you rig a soft plastic lure, you need to decide how you want to fish it. In some situations, you will want the lure to fall fast, while in others, you want it to fall slowly. Sometimes you want ...

Soft plastic lures are versatile for catching bass, partly because of the variety of ways you can rig them. Proper rigging style depends on the presentation you desire. That often depends on the type ...

Tackle store shelves are overburdened with every style and shape of soft plastic bait imaginable. And although all undoubtedly catch largemouth bass to some extent, they also can do a great job at ...

The lake trout fishing was good on a recent trip in Ontario’s Quetico Provincial Park, just north of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The four of us, trolling minnow-imitation ...