There are dozens of ways to rig soft plastic baits to create various presentations for hungry bass. Many of these bass fishing rigs are situational, offering the ideal setup to target specific cover, ...

I slowly raised my rod tip, feeling the bullet weight inch across the bottom until my plastic worm rested against the ruins of a drowned willow tree. As I lowered my rod tip and reeled in the slack, I ...

A wacky rig is one of the most effective techniques for enticing reluctant bass to bite. It is also one of the best finesse presentations for shallow-water fish and suspended bass close to the surface ...

In the world of bass fishing, you can try hundreds of techniques and thousands of baits. This can make it challenging to find your tried and true favorites, but it seems that most bass anglers I know ...

The free rig is a cross between the ever-popular Texas rig and the seemingly forgotten Carolina rig. As far as bass fishing techniques go, it doesn’t get much hype, but occasionally sees some ...

Fishing line is easily one of the most overlooked aspects of putting together a quality bass-catching rig. Most anglers figure out what kind of bait they want to throw, grab their rod, and go to ...

Alan Battista’s garage manufactured Chesapeake Rig is a collection of heavy wire, glass beads, swivels, soft plastic shad bodies and bucktail jig heads. As the waters of the Chesapeake Bay cool down ...

Anglers tend to focus on the portion of their fishing tackle that comes into direct contact with the fish: hooks, artificial lures, flies. Narrowing it down still more, the point of the hook. It does ...

Why Ice Fish for Perch? Yellow perch are some of the best-tasting freshwater fish. And when they're in a biting mood, they will hit just about any lure they can fit in their mouths. Other times, ...

New research shows how decommissioned oil rigs can become home to fish. This is an Inside Science story. (Inside Science) -- Off the coast of Southern California, a herd of aging oil rigs has an ...

Australian marine scientists are proposing leaving thousands of decommissioned oil rigs in their deep-sea spots indefinitely to become long-term fish nurseries. The huge chunks are of steel are meant ...