The essential terminal tackle guide—hooks, weights, jigs—for beginner bass anglers. Use this checklist to build your starter ...

Learn the best reaction & finesse baits for shad spawn fishing on the Tennessee River. Pro tips from David Walker to help you catch more bass during shad spawn.

And sure, when it comes to tournament fishing and the technological advances of forward facing sonar, it seems like everyone is shaking a minnow, and Neko rigs and crankbaits have been REALLY popular ...

A few fish are on the docks with a dropshot or Neko rig, ... Report by Jess Rotherham, Texas Crappie Fishing Service. Bass are good, feeding on points and rock piles in 5-12 feet of water.

Here are the lures that led to success at Stage 5 of the 2025 Bass Pro Tour on Lakes Chickamauga and Nickajack. See what Jake Lawrence, Jacob Wheeler, and others used to climb the leaderboard.

Bass: 3–4-inch swimbaits, ned rigs, and crankbaits along current breaks below dam as well as around rocky banks. Lower Section of Lake: Bass: Fishing is good.

Feathergill used a 3/32-ounce Neko rig, in red bug, to catch most of his fish after spotting them on his forward-facing sonar, along with catching a Easton Fothergill, a 22-year-old native of Grand ...

Wacky/Neko Rig Another one that comes out in April and probably doesn’t disappear for a long time is some kind of stick worm… usually on a wacky rig, but on the Neko as well. It’s great for bed ...

He spotted a fat bass suspended near a tree in the back of a slough. He went back to the Neko rig, casting delicately to not spook the bass. He said he "lost four baits to that tree within 10 minutes.

He spotted a fat bass suspended near a tree in the back of a slough. He went back to the Neko rig, casting delicately to not spook the bass. He said he "lost four baits to that tree within 10 minutes.

Cope’s reported an improved bass bite for both spotted and largemouth bass at depths from 5 to 40 feet with plastics on a drop-shot with a short leader along with Carolina- or Neko-rigs.

22-year-old pro Drew Gill of Mount Carmel, Illinois, caught 19 bass weighing 58 pounds, 2 ounces, Sunday, to win the Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour PowerStop Brakes Stage 3 at Lake Murray ...