Texas-rigged soft plastics are a go-to for catching bass on deep weed edges in natural northern lakes. Get rigging tips, gear guides, and top lure picks ...

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 ...

You can fish everything from classic ribbon-tail worms to creature baits on a Texas rig. Photo by Derek Horner The standard Texas rig consists of a bullet weight and an EWG hook with a soft plastic ...

I also threw the Googan Baits Mono Worm and the Googan Squad Hummer. Bass were smashing Texas-rigged soft plastics and hammering the buzzbaits too! I share some summer bass fishing tips that will ...

See the top 3 lures that carried Wes Logan and other pros to success at the 2025 Bassmaster Elite on Lake Tenkiller. Classic ...

Fishing guide Ben Matsubu says crappie fishing is good around brush and natural lay downs, more fish pushing out towards the ...

Transition to more natural colored baits as visibility improves. Isolated patches of grass can be fished with a Texas rigged soft plastic, Tokyo rig, or a hollow body frog. Chatterbaits ...

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 ...

Yes, Texas-Rigged is a category as big as…well, Texas, and could include a lot of variations from a weightless finesse rig up to a ... Rapala Crush City soft plastic baits that have hit the ...

Fishing has been up and down like a roller ... especially where there is foliage or wood in the water. Try Texas rigs, soft plastic jerkbaits, chatterbaits, and frogs. The rain is good for the ...

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 ...