A Ned rig is a near-nothing bait composed of a small soft-plastic lure rigged on a jig ... exceptionally well for targeting spotted and smallmouth bass in shallower water during the spawn.

The Texas rig just ... action in the soft plastic that’s hard to replicate using any other technique. However, my favorite part of this technique is that it catches both largemouth and smallmouth the ...

Learn More › Smallmouth ... routinely produce bass weighing five pounds or more, sometimes you need to scale down to leader testing as little as 6 pounds in order to fool smallies. This is especially ...

New to bass fishing ... of soft plastic stickbaits. A variety of colors would work fine, but if I could only have one it’s green pumpkin with black flake. And to rig a Senko, pick up a pack ...

Out of all the setups considered to be the best bass rigs, they're the two most traditional ways to throw plastics for largemouth, smallmouth ... rig for beginners. Here's how to rig a plastic ...

Jerkbaits are one of the most effective lures for smallmouth bass all season ... Sure, the thump of a bass slurping a soft-plastic off the bottom is cool, but it pales in comparison—at least ...

Some anglers have aptly named it the “drag rig”. It’s primarily dragged along the bottom near structure that bass use as feeding areas. The soft plastic trails behind a mass of clacking ...