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 ...

Most folks call it a Senko. In any case, from finesse to power fishing, learn how to rig and fish soft stickbaits the right way to land more bass in every condition. A soft stickbait is a cylindrical ...

When learning how to fish for bass, an essential first lesson for beginners is to master a few essential fishing rigs that use soft baits—whether they’re worms, crawfish, tube baits, or creature baits ...

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 ...

We're boatless today, fishing on the shore lines with the boatless angler himself, rigged up with an easy pre-tied catfish rig. It's early spring, which is a great opportunity for the boatless angler ...

What is a Slip Bobber Rig? A slip bobber rig requires a few key components to tie everything together, but the star of the show - and what gives this rig its name - is a float (bobber) that has a hole ...

We’re not here to take sides. We’re not here to end the debate forever. We are, however, here to say that there are times when rigging with bait—either live or dead—will outfish artificial lures, even ...

Anglers have long wondered: Is this spot devoid of fish, or are they there and I simply do not know how to catch them? For anglers with the money to buy them and the savvy to operate them, high-end ...

Keeping light-tackle hook rigs organized and tangle-free is never easy, especially when getting several hundred rigs ready for the start of a long season. I started looking for some way to keep each ...