Anglers haul a ton of soft plastic stickbaits to the lake each fishing outing, never knowing what size of 'Senko' the bass might be biting. Will it be a three-inch plastic rigged on a Ned head? A five ...

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

Bass anglers wait all year for fall. As the water temperature drops and the days get shorter, bass put on the feedbag before the lean winter months. Also, the fish are transitioning from summer ...