, 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 ...

Watch as Timothy Yearick lands a huge channel catfish on the west branch of the Susquehanna River off of his brand new boat, and bass pro Casey Magargle will show you a way to rig your tube bait to ...

At Fishing Finatics in Everett, Pete said there’s been a good striped bass bite off Revere, Nahant and Winthrop beaches. He suggests trolling the shoreline in 8 to 10-feet of water with Santini ...

Slip bobbers are generally used in conjunction with live bait, either on a plain hook or on a jig. You want a little weight on the business end of the line so the slip bobber stands erect when your ...

You'll need a sinker or a weighted jighead to get a buoyant lure like a plastic worm or tube bait to the bottom and keep it there. Here's a roundup of the various weights BASS pros use to get their ...

What Is a Slip Bobber and Why Use One? A slip bobber is a low-impact way to present a bait at a certain depth, whether it's just off the bottom, just above weed tops or at the same level as suspended ...