Here are the top-performing bass fishing lures from the 2025 Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River. See what helped Bill Lowen, Jay Przekurat, and Shane LeHew land big bass in cold Florida waters.

While some of those baits may work in certain situations, oftentimes they’re more than you need. A wacky rig is the exact opposite. Its simplicity makes it arguably the most effective soft plastic ...

See how Brandon Palaniuk and top anglers used deep crankbaits, swim jigs, and more to land big bass at the 2025 Bassmaster ...

The standard Ned rig is a mushroom jig head paired with a 3-inch stick bait. While you can thread practically any soft plastic lure onto the jig head, there’s something special about this simple rig’s ...

A Ned rig is a near-nothing bait composed of a small soft-plastic lure rigged on a jig head. And yet if you had to coax a bite from a bass anytime, anywhere, a Ned rig might very well be your best ...

Step 4: Run the hook point through the nose of the soft-plastic bait and out of the bottom of it. You want to insert the point just far enough so the section of bait you passed through will cover ...