NWA fishing report: April is spawning time at lakes large and small

Angler Mike McBride said crappie are on the verge of spawning and are moving toward the shore. Use minnows or jigs around wood cover. All black bass lures are working to catch black bass. Liver is the ...
Houston Chronicle

Tompkins: Plastic worms produce wher other lures fail

PIPHANIES materialize here and there throughout most anglers' fishing careers. Some provide profound insight into fish, Nature or, if he's lucky, himself. Others monumentally change the person's ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Make the lure plastic and purple to catch bass in summer

Worms aren't squirming around in the depths of Beaver and other area lakes, yet plastic worms may get black bass to bite during summer more than any other lure. If worms aren't a natural food, why do ...
Victoria Advocate

Soft plastics part of bass fishing for 75 years

He is in the Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame and the U.S. Bass Fishing Hall of Fame, but honestly, he deserves more.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Plastic worms put bass in the boat at Beaver

BEAVER LAKE -- Could be there are more black bass caught on plastic worms during spring and summer than on any other lure. These supple fish-catching worms come in every size, from little 4-inchers to ...