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Fishing Rigs

September 18, 2025

Popping Cork Tips: How to Catch more Reds and Specks

Popping corks are one of the best ways to target actively feeding speckled trout and redfish And every year I'll...
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March 21, 2023

Umbrella Rigs: The Most Effective (and Controversial) Technique to Target Cold-Weather Bass

When Andy Poss invented the Alabama rig in downsizing the umbrella rigs commonly used to troll for tuna and bluefish...
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March 21, 2023

Punch Rig: The Ultimate Heavy Cover Technique for Big Bass

When the summer sun threatens to boil the water bass will look for shade Thick heavy cover like hydrilla lily...
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March 21, 2023

The Damiki Rig: The Most Effective Cold-Water Finesse Technique for Sluggish Bass

When low water temperatures force largemouth bass into cold-induced torpor they ll hold in the deepest holes they can find...
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March 11, 2023

Fly Fishing for Bass: Everything You Need to Know!

Among fly anglers there s no question that cold water species like trout reign supreme Flies and trout are a...
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October 16, 2022

The Fish Finder Rig: Maybe the Best Surf Fishing Rig Ever

Anglers who chase fish in the surf know they need a rig that does more than just hold live bait...
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April 26, 2022

Fishing the Jika Rig: A Compact, Weed-Busting, Finesse Technique

Bass anglers never get tired of finesse techniques for a reason on a pressured lake where the big ones have...
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March 27, 2022

Neko Rig vs Wacky Rig: Which Finesse Rig is Right for Your Situation?

Finesse presentations like the wacky and Neko rigs can save the day when the bass aren t in the mood...
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March 27, 2022

Carolina Rig vs Texas Rig: Battle of the Southern Bass Fishing Rigs

While both the Texas and Carolina rigs can reach down deep for bass they don t share the same strengths...
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March 27, 2022

Wacky Rig vs Texas Rig: Which Rig Catches More Bass?

The venerable Texas rig is rightfully famous and from punching thick grass mats to pitching into heavy cover working a...
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March 26, 2022

Ned Rig vs Texas Rig: Which Rig is Right for You?

Most anglers know that a Texas rig is typically anything but a finesse presentation putting it at the opposite end...
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March 14, 2022

The Ned Rig vs. The Shaky Head: Your Questions Answered!

One of the most common questions we get asked is to explain the differences between the Ned rig and the...
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February 26, 2022

Tokyo Rig: A Secret Weapon for Soft Plastics

For a long time my go-to worm setup was the weed-busting Texas rig And while there s still no question...
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February 25, 2022

The Shaky Head: Perhaps the Best Finesse Technique for Pressured Bass

Two finesse techniques dominate bass angling the drop shot rig and the shaky head nbsp By contrast the Texas and...
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February 24, 2022

Neko Rig: The Ideal Technique for Wary Bass

The Neko rig was invented in Japan where it originated as Shin Fukai s unorthodox response to ultra-pressured bass in...
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February 24, 2022

Carolina Rig: An Unbeatable Technique for Hard, Flat Bottoms

Hard relatively horizontal bottoms are where the Carolina rig shines offering everything an angler wants in a soft plastic setup...
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February 23, 2022

Fishing the Ned Rig: A Subtle, Finesse Technique at Its Finest

I m sure I m not telling you anything new when I say that pressured bass need to be seduced...
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October 10, 2021

Slip Sinker Rig: A Catfishing Essential

Serious anglers know that not just any rig will hook trophy-size blues flatheads and channel cats Nope - it s...
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October 10, 2021

How To Setup a Slip Bobber Rig

While blues and flatheads are active hunters channel cats use their super senses to find dead prey items detecting their...
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April 25, 2021

Wacky Rigging: The Ultimate Finesse Worm Technique Unpacked

Finesse techniques for worms are among the most productive options for largemouth bass nbsp The precise reasons that a long...
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April 18, 2021

Bottom Bouncer Rig

Among walleye anglers the bottom bouncer rig is rightly famous as the ideal trolling method to produce trophy fish A...
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February 11, 2021

Rigs for Trout Fishing: Spinning Tackle Options for Streams, Rivers, and Lakes

Not all trout anglers use fly rods That's a simple fact I've often hit the water for trout - where...
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February 11, 2021

The Best Catfish Rigs: Blue and Flathead Essentials

If there s one thing that separates novice catfish anglers from the pros it s rigging Good rigs are designed...
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November 21, 2020

The Texas Rig: A Complete Guide to Rigging and Techniques

The Texas Rig has come to dominate bass fishing for a reason it works Whether you re pitching big tubes...
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November 1, 2020

Crappie Rigs: Best Rigs For Crappie Fishing

Call them what you like papermouths sac-a-lait slabs or crappie - they re just plain fun to catch And as...
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February 6, 2016

Trouble Catching Slabs? Our Top Crappie Fishing Tips & Techniques Are Guaranteed To Help!

Whether you re a slab addict or new to the sport we d like to help you catch more crappie...
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