Terminal Tackle: Complete Starter Kit Checklist HOOKS VMC Heavy Duty Wide Gap Hook 4/0 -5 pk Owner Sniper Finesse Neko Hook 1/0 -8pk Gamakatsu Aaron Martens G-Finesse Drop Shot Hook Size 1 -6pk ...

Transition to Texas rigs, crankbaits or jerkbaits in 4-15 feet. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and prepared bait. Panfish have been good on red worms and crickets.

Good go to baits will be crankbaits, Carolina rigs, football jigs and large shakey head worms, but keep a topwater or lipless bait close and watch for schoolers. Have fun and be safe!

Why it works I was working a brush pile I’ve fished many times before and wasn’t getting bit on my normal swimming worm or Carolina rig. The wind was blowing a little, but the sun was high and ...

These two rigs are very similar. For a wacky rig, you hook a soft plastic worm or stick bait through the middle, rather than through the nose.

It’s July (‘MERICA!), it’s hot, but the bass are still biting. Just about everywhere in the country, bass will be in their summer patterns and that can generally mean one thing… it’s time to fish deep ...

A Pennsylvania high schooler who is developing biodegradable fishing lures to cut down on plastic pollution has received international recognition for his invention. Ethan Albright, a lifelong ...

Fishing guide Stanley Gresham says bass fishing has been good early using topwaters and Texas rigged plastics in 2-8 feet. Cranks, jighead minnows and Carolina rigs are the best bets away from the ...

Water temp in the low 80s. Fishing guide Reagan Nelson says bass are good. Fish are being caught around grass in 8-12 feet using Texas rig worms, wacky rig senko and crankbaits. Also some fish hitting ...

Chunk baits such as mullet can excel for sluggish bull reds when water temperatures are too hot or too cold. George Poveromo Rigging Blue Crabs for Redfish Venice, Louisiana’s Capt. Mike Frenette is ...