We're out here with the boatless angler and Lisa, using some new pre-tied rigs with fresh cut bait. This spring weather has been particularly slow. With this colder weather, it's brought about some ...

When it comes to fishing sag-bellied jumbo perch through the ice, it’s best to have a bunch of different artificial and live bait on hand. Notorious for how finicky they can be, jumbo perch can easily ...

We're out on Lake Erie trolling for walleye. We're trolling at about 2 Mph, using SP Viper Spoons, baited with nightcrawler ...

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 ...

The Tokyo rig may be the hottest soft-­plastic presentation in stateside bass fishing right now, but it’s not new. Leadered punch-shot rigs have been a thing in Japan for a while. It wasn’t until VMC ...

Wacky rigs are ideal for throwing around docks during the post spawn. A wacky rig is perhaps the most subtle, natural, and non-invasive presentation bass anglers use. It’s a very slow and finessed ...

The most successful offshore anglers never leave the dock without pitch baits. Dead or alive, those baits can turn a fair day of fishing into an unforgettable one. Those anglers always have pitch ...

Fishermen have more questions than a three-year-old-throw a fish on the dock and everyone wants to know where, when, and how. Respond by saying, “I was slow trolling,” and the result is often strange ...

Check out the top-producing bass lures used by the best anglers in the 2025 Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River, Florida. Although the Bassmaster Elite Series fished out of Palatka, Florida just last ...

What Is a Soft Stickbait and Why Do Bass Love It? A soft stickbait is a cylindrical 'worm' that is commonly found in four to six inch sizes. With no fancy appendages, lips or moving parts, these ...