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 ...

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 ...

You can fish everything from classic ribbon-tail worms to creature baits on a Texas rig. Photo by Derek Horner The standard Texas rig consists of a bullet weight and an EWG hook with a soft plastic ...

“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 ...

Here’s everything you need to know about fishing a drop shot. In essence, a drop shot is anchored by a small lead or tungsten weight at the end of the line. About 8 to 12 inches above the weight is a ...

Best baits will be chatterbaits ... more neutral colors in deeper water and darker colors in shallower water. Soft plastics and minnows will still get you bit as well. We should see the fish ...