“In that cold water, they just wanted that bait moving slowly.” 3. Soft Plastic Stick Bait – Wacky-Rig and Texas-Rig Success Tenth-place Jake Whitaker and seventh-place Gerald Swindle put a ...

But there’s one bait I keep coming back to because it flat-out works: the soft plastic stick bait. It’s not flashy, it’s not complicated, and it doesn’t need to be. This lure gets bites ...

Light-power rods with a slow, soft action utilizing 6-pound monofilament or fluorocarbon are perfect for live-bait personations. Trolling with planer boards or lead core takes a little more ...

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The standard Ned rig is a mushroom jig head paired with a 3-inch stick bait. While you can thread practically any soft plastic lure onto the jig head, there’s something special about this simple rig’s ...

“In that cold water, they just wanted that bait moving slowly.” Jake Whitaker used a soft plastic stick bait rigged two ways for his tenth-place finish. / B.A.S.S. | Dalton Tumblin Tenth-place ...