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And we bridle all our baits.” The team’s rigging begins with a VMC 5/0 circle hook that’s snelled to 40-pound-test fluorocarbon leader, although the team will drop down to 30-pound-test leaders on ...

I fish 200 yards up-current of the rig, fishing only two rods at a time. Instead of bridling the baits the conventional way, Team Supreme uses the Bridle-Buddy: a small dart that pivots 90 degrees and ...

For an alternate rigging method, you can use a wacky rig tool to put an O-ring (see above) on your worm. Adding an O-ring creates a more secure connection between the soft plastic bait and the ...

O-ring or not, the wacky rig works so well because it’s simple. As the bait slowly sinks through the water column both ends of the stick bait shimmy, driving bass nuts. How to Rig a Wacky Rig You’ll ...

With these smaller baits, he also likes to bridle them across the nose on a 9/0 circle hook and slow troll them for sails and big ... shiny skin side down. Rig a Sea Witch on the head of bait.

After a couple days of hot fishing, I learned to love the micro Ned rig as a dual-threat presentation. In fact, it might be one of the best options for anglers who want to target bass and big ...

The Tokyo rig may be the hottest soft-­plastic presentation in stateside bass fishing right now, but it’s not new. Leadered punch-shot rigs have been a thing in Japan for a while. It wasn’t ...

Later that same day, I was rod shopping and looking for Ned rig baits to use.” Shea, a retired major from the Marines, had to chuckle when he became a “captain” in 2016. Had he still been in ...

The free rig is deceptively simple. It’s just a bell weight, a hook, and a soft plastic of your choosing. Here’s everything you need to know about fishing a free rig. The Free Rig. The standard free ...