Under the right conditions, these traditional bass and muskie baits will catch way more species than you ever imagined.

A wacky rig is the ideal bait when the fish are bedding shallow and the bite is really tough. Taking a soft-plastic stickbait like a Gary Yamamoto Senko and rigging it to fall horizontally creates ...

“In that cold water, they just wanted that bait moving slowly.” 3. Soft Plastic Stick Bait – Wacky-Rig and Texas-Rig Success Tenth-place Jake Whitaker and seventh-place Gerald Swindle put a ...

A wacky-rigged soft plastic stick bait is always a good choice in Florida. / B.A.S.S. Three competitors included soft plastic stick baits in their plan—two wacky-rigged weightless and one Texas ...

Step 4: Run the hook point through the nose of the soft-plastic bait and out of the bottom of it. You want to insert the point just far enough so the section of bait you passed through will cover ...

Soft plastics and minnows will still get you ... Wind has been pushing bait along banks at the first half of coves. Bass are schooling up under bait, and can be caught with Alabama rigs ...

“In that cold water, they just wanted that bait moving slowly.” Jake Whitaker used a soft plastic stick bait rigged two ways for his tenth-place finish. / B.A.S.S. | Dalton Tumblin Tenth-place ...