I try a lot of bass fishing gear over the course of a year, and I always end up with a few absolute favorites. It’s been an exceptional year for new baits. This list highlights the best of the best.

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 ...

idea of a soft plastic worm. An avid fisherman, at the time Creme had the option of fishing the limit number, and usually regionally produced crankbait and topwater lures, or dig in the yard for worms ...

Tackle store shelves are overburdened with every style and shape of soft plastic bait imaginable. And although all undoubtedly catch largemouth bass to some extent, they also can do a great job at ...

This is one of the hotter rigs in bass fishing right now. A good one to learn if you haven't. A nail weight, O-ring, hook and straight tail plastic is all you need to get started Neko rigging. The ...

Tackle store shelves are overburdened with every style and shape of soft plastic bait imaginable. And although all undoubtedly catch largemouth bass to some extent, they also can do a great job at ...

I love to catch bass no matter which lure I use. But there still has to be a best way, right? On my way up to a recent Northwoods bass fishing week, a friend asked if there was some specific bite I ...

Organizing your bass fishing soft plastics doesn’t have to be confusing, daunting or frustrating. Although it may seem like a bunch of mind numbing labor, I’ve been using a simple organization system ...

Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said black bass fishing is good. Try top-water lures in the morning. Go with plastic worms, ...