A Ned rig is a near-nothing bait composed of a small soft-plastic lure rigged on a jig head. And yet if you had to coax a bite from a bass anytime, anywhere, a Ned rig might very well be your best bet ...

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

Early last month, I reported on the great early-season smallmouth bass fishing some friends and I had experienced during incredible warm weather during the first couple weeks of March. I look forward ...

Today we are using the Thundermist T-Turn Bait rigs (#3A), and the "Eye-Drops" as our bait, looking for Scup and catching a variety of fish. You can use this technique from shore, from a boat or even ...

When pro angler Derek Remitz of Madison won the 2007 Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on Lake Amistad, he was working deeper ledges with a football jig. Nothing new there, but his win helped ...

SAM RAYBURN — Water level is 3.35 feet low and clear. Water temp in the low 80s. Fishing guide Randy Dearman says bass fishing has been good. Some good quality fish schooling over shallow flats on ...

Water level is 1.39 feet high and fairly clear. Water temperature in the upper 70s. Crappie guide Blake Oestreich says fishing has been excellent using jigs and minnows around brush piles and old ...

We're out on the shoreline running an easy rig for catching carp - a finesse carp rig, or a sliding sinker rig. Bait your hook up (I used corn) and cast it out. The key is that sliding sinker. As ...

The Texas rig just might be a bass angler’s best option for early summer action. There are limitless options of bait styles you can put on your hook, and depending on the size of your bullet weight, ...

Water level is 6.95 feet low and fairly clear. Water temperature in the mid-80s. Crappie guide Blake Ostreich says crappie fishing is good. Fish are still in a summer pattern but there are a few fish ...