LIVE BAIT is cheating. If I’ve heard it once ... you want a custom wooden plug—preferably a topwater—hanging out of a big striper’s mouth when you post it on social media. If you got on a good jig ...

The first is on a jighead, essentially giving you a live bait presentation with an artificial jig action. Start by pinching the tail off the shrimp. Then you can simply thread the hook up through ...

Over the years, I’ve come to believe that the most important thing between you and the fish is the quality of your bait. Among a few other important factors, quality live or dead bait ... wind slowly ...

Striped bass are going for live bait ... are biting well on cut bait or shad. At Lake Tenkiller, black bass fishing is good with crank baits, spinner baits or jig and pigs around structure.

Live bait is working ... at Lake Brittany with Power Bait or small spoons. Fish for black bass at any Bella Vista Lake with Alabama rigs, crank baits or jig and pigs. Please note that fishing ...

I’ve used live bait, although not too frequently. I’ve interviewed many of the top fishing pros and will sometimes ask them when the last time was that they used live bait.

While many anglers can fish the entire open water season without using live bait, that all changes once our waters are locked in winter's icy grip. When fishing through the ice, live bait reigns ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/Gray News) - If you find yourself out of bait before a day of fishing, Walmart will now deliver it to you. Walmart is the first U.S. retailer to offer live bait delivery and is ...