Q: What is the best bait for bass with a Texas rig? The classic bait is a soft-plastic worm, but these days folks are Texas-rigging all sorts of soft-plastics from stickbaits and finesse worms to ...

Spring is the absolute best time of year to catch bass near the bank. Smallmouths, largemouths, and spotted bass all flood ...

Step 4: Thread on your soft plastic of choice. The free rig fills the gap of a slow-falling, almost-vertical presentation where the bait is separated from the weight. A Texas rig typically doesn’t ...

The small soft plastic bait fish “swimming” along just above the bottom ... They just can’t resist it. Working it similar to a Texas rig this time of year seems to be the best way to cover water and ...

The latest Texas Fishing Report for selected locations around the state as provided by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Bass are good on soft plastics and spinnerbaits ... Best baits will be chatterbaits, rattle traps, and spinner baits in 3-5 feet of water, or Texas rigs and shaky heads around wood or docks ...

Bass are slow in deeper water on a variety of soft plastics ... pushing bait along banks at the first half of coves. Fish are schooling up under bait, and can be caught with Alabama rigs ...