It will work for nearly any live bait, especially those trolling live bait for marlin. For this live bait marlin rig, we generally use a light leader for our bait-catching rigs, so I make sure to have ...

Ditch the plastic and go all in with live bait ... double-hook-and-wire rig looks natural and won’t gut-hook a muskie. After pinning one point of the rear treble in the bait’s back and ...

A spinner will never look better than a live shiner ... this hooking method will cause the bait to flash and change direction a lot more as it struggles. Rig a back-hooked shiner under a float ...

If there is one thing I’ve learned from the live ... bait healthy. No matter what species you are fishing for, or what method you use, the bait is what will make or break your day. And if you want to ...

The allure of using suckers as bait for muskies is simple – simply put, big muskies are susceptible to live bait during the ... the highest hooking percentage rig I have used to date in my ...

For fishing with live frogs, someone devised a harness that would let the bait swim unhampered. I found only one problem with this rig: the harness is heavy enough that it taxes the strength and ...

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.

Like most anglers of my generation, I started my fishing career using live ... this rig on light spinning tackle with 4- or 6-pound line with a small split shot about 18 inches above the bait ...

Live bait is working best to catch striped bass ... fishing for black bass with Ned rigs or plastic worms on a drop-shot rig or rigged shaky-head style. Jerk baits may also work.