Soft plastic baits are great for catching smallmouth, largemouth, and spotted bass. Many soft plastics can be fished weightless or rigged for other effective techniques. But the endless profiles ...

Kent remembers a constant stream of anglers at the Bait and Tackle Shop requesting the newfangled plastic worms. All he could do was write the customer’s name and phone number on a paper bag in ...

Veteran wacky worm fishermen like to slide O-rings on their plastic worms for a more solid connection with the hook, and to prevent bass from stealing a worm. "Stick with 1/32- or 1/16-ounce jig ...

His introduction of the worm came during what could be called the first heyday of sport bass fishing. In 1948 Shreveport fisherman Holmes Thurmond introduced the first bass boat.

Charlie Infinger tinkered and tested for months striving to build the better plastic worm. He tried, he failed, he tried again. Finally Infinger struck gold with his new Prospector worm.