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 ...

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › There’s no rigging style bass anglers rely on more than the classic Texas rig, and the ...

When the fishing turns summertime tough, bass anglers get downright wacky. Plastic worms may catch more black bass during summer than any other lure. There are all kinds of ways to rig them. One that ...

The Texas rigged Bellows Gill. The Texas rig just might be a bass angler’s best option for early summer action. There are limitless options of bait styles you can put on your hook, and depending on ...

A fluke or light Texas rig worm will work good when fish transition deeper. The river is setting up well, so have a spoon, light Texas rig, dropshot or shaky head covering a lot of water targeting the ...

PIPHANIES materialize here and there throughout most anglers' fishing careers. Some provide profound insight into fish, Nature or, if he's lucky, himself. Others monumentally change the person's ...

Water level is 7.98 feet high and stained to clear. Water temperature in the low 80s. Bass anglers still reporting good numbers on heavy Texas rigs flipped in flooded brush. Fishing guide Mike ...

Water level is 4.33 feet low and clear. Water temperature in low 90s. Crappie guide Blake Oestreich says fishing is good, fish are on the move due to draw down. Minnows working best around timber and ...