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 ...

Summertime blues are a rare affliction for anglers who feel the tug of a hard-fighting black bass when the weather turns hot. Check their fishing rods, and a good number of them will have a plastic ...

Techniques refined off the deck of a bass boat can be successfully applied off a dock or in a pond, writes Oak Duke.

Swimming a plastic worm is one of the most simple fishing techniques, but also one of the most effective. Popularly known among bass anglers as speed worm fishing, swimming plastic wigglers produce ...

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 ...

Soft plastic baits are great for catching smallmouth, largemouth, and spotted bass. These plastic worms, grubs, toads, tubes, and other styles can be fished weightless or rigged for other effective ...

Before you rig a soft plastic lure, you need to decide how you want to fish it. In some situations, you will want the lure to fall fast, while in others, you want it to fall slowly. Sometimes you want ...

Tubes are Tops.  Big summer bass snatch tubes up when they’re worked around structure like timber and docks.  Simonson Photo.

Gear up for a quick release. A small net and good pliers will help you release fish unharmed. If you want to keep bass to eat, the best tasting fish are mid-sized and caught from cold water. Bass are ...

Pennsylvania anglers share their best tips for catching smallmouth and largemouth bass during the hot summer months.