There is a plastic worm rig that's so outlandish its creators just had to call it the "wacky worm." It looks silly, yet works like a charm for catching largemouth bass. It has become the secret go-to ...

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 ...

It is, without question, the weirdest-looking lure we use to catch striped bass, but it is also one of the most effective. The tube-and-worm rig is a length of colored surgical tube, typically 18-30 ...

, an essential first lesson for beginners is to master a few essential fishing rigs that use soft baits—whether they’re worms, crawfish, tube baits, or creature baits. Some soft baits come already ...

“A plastic worm is the most universal bait a fisherman can have in his tacklebox,” said Joe Thomas, former Bassmaster Tournament pro and host of Stihl’s Reel in the Outdoors. He and the other ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Terms such as "Texas-rigged worm," "Carolina-rigged lizard" or "wacky rig" are part of a bass angler's everyday lexicon. But to a beginner, the experienced anglers might as well be ...

Every bass angler has an opinion of what the best all-around largemouth bass lure is. Some say the jig, while others tout the spinnerbait as being the fish-catchingest lure in their tackle box. For me ...

The Inu Rig is the most realistic worm rig I’ve ever used underwater. Venezuela mobilizes troops, weapons in response to US ...

Fishing the Patapsco River at the border of Howard and Baltimore counties, I often encountered the smiling face of Roland Avery, as effective a trout fisherman as I’ve ever met. Over the years I used ...

IT SOUNDED like a strange rig, but Darrell Beck tried it anyway at the urging of San Rafael baitmaster Keith Fraser. The Concord man hooked up a live shiner on a three-way rig and used a two-ounce ...