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 ...

Soft plastic baits are great for catching smallmouth, largemouth, and spotted bass. Many soft plastics can be fished weightless or rigged for other effective techniques. But the endless profiles, ...

Imagine this scenario: you’re allowed to fish for bass every day for the rest of your life, but you can only use one lure. You have an unlimited supply, but it’s all the same bait. What would it be?

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 ...

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 ...

Soft plastic baits are the workhorse lure when it comes to catching largemouth bass. Find out why you should stock up on worms, craws, creature baits, swimbaits, stickbaits and toads in order to ...

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 ...

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, ...

Tip of the Day Carolina-rigged soft-plastic ‘creature’ baits work on summertime bass. Cast these rigs long deeper points where canals or runouts meet deeper bayous. The Advocate Aug 2, 2012 Aug 2, ...

Finesse techniques catch fish when aggressive moving baits fail to get bites, especially if you’ve created a secret rig that the fish haven’t seen before. But great techniques, like the Ned rig, ...

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 ...