How the Carolina rig works. The Carolina rig is made to fish a plastic bait just off the bottom-right where bass do a lot of their feeding. Unlike the Texas rig, it works by separating your sinker ...

It took some time to find one rod and reel, which happens to be my favorite creek fishing rig. It wasn't easy. The rod is dark blue and the reel is black, with a gold-tipped spool and orange line.

Fishing guide Stanley Gresham says crappie fishing has been good around brush and old timber in 17-25 feet, hitting minnows and jigs. Gresham says bass fishing has been good. Fish are hitting ...

With the increased fishing and boating this holiday weekend, make sure you always follow proper etiquette on the water, ...

As long as the bass are suspended, you can fish a strolling rig. Typically, Winslow recommends fishing a strolling rig with a ¼ to ⅜-ounce jig head and a 3.5-inch soft plastic minnow bait like the ...

He absolutely smashed the blade bait bite with Capt. Barry Schultz of Lockport, and they caught fish using the A-rig. Finding bait was key. Where there was bait, there were fish – and big ones.