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It feels like I discover a new bass lure or rig every other day. New materials, different innovations, or strategic tweaks to current designs constantly catch my eye, but that doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten about the classics. A perfect example is the soft plastic tube. Once considered a go-to bait by most bass anglers, the tube has seemingly spiraled into …
The all-new Googan Baits Nuke Punch is a fish catching machine that has helped the squad round out their line-up of bass fishing soft plastics. By taking the proven features found in the Googan Squad Bandito Bug and applying them to a punching style soft plastic, we know have a soft bait loaded with Googan features designed to haymakers for …
The soft plastic worm is a staple for bass anglers and has been catching bass for decades. Over the years, they have expanded from simple ribbon or curly tail worms to a host of different shapes, sizes, and profiles. Most baits on the market look pretty similar, and that’s what makes the 10,000 Fish Yoto Worm stand out; it’s a …
The Googan Baits Saucy Swimmer is a soft-bodied plastic swimbait meant to look, feel, and most importantly, swim like a small fish. Designed with help from the entire Googan Squad, this saucy swimbait will have you dialed in on while supporting a legendary crew of anglers. The Googan Squad Saucy Swimmer can be burned, dragged, jigged, or slow-rolled on multiple rigs. Available in three …
The Googan Squad Bandito Bug is a 4” soft plastic craw with six kicking appendages, two antennas, and a bunch of big fish drawing power. When rigged and fished correctly, the Bandito Bug resembles baitfish or crawfish, both certified bass snacks. The body style and flapping appendages allow the Bandito Bug to easily swim and kick, creating water disturbance throughout …
Flies and Roadrunner jigs were my most productive lures during my early years of crappie fishing. However, my selection of crappie lures has increased throughout the years as lure manufacturers continued to offer a variety of soft plastic baits for panfish. Some of the hottest soft plastic styles of crappie lures available today are double-tail grubs, minnow or shad imitators, …
A Yamamoto Senko is so effective at triggering bites that you will catch bass on the stickworm no matter what color you choose to try. The popular 5-inch Senko is available in more than 120 colors on the Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits site, which makes it a mind-boggling task to pick which colors you should choose for your finesse fishing. …
All anglers have that one dependable bait they lean on when things get tough. For trout anglers, it may be a feathered jig head or the old trusty inline spinner. When bass fishing gets tough, two rigs anglers are continually reaching for are a wacky rigged worms and the Ned Rig. Both of these finesse tactics seem to trigger strikes …
A variety of lures will catch bass throughout the summer depending on the water clarity and body of water you fish. I usually fish large reservoirs during the summer because these bodies of water give me opportunities to fish shallow or deep and in clear or dirty water. Here are my five favorite lures for catching summertime bass. Plastic worm This …
Size really does matter when matching hook sizes with various soft plastic bass baits. The hook gap (area between the shank and hook point) has evolved into a key feature over the years with the introduction of several new soft plastic baits. The size of a hook is given in terms of the width of the hook’s gap; the most …
Soft plastic lures taken straight out of the package will frequently catch bass, but savvy anglers who spend time tinkering with these baits usually get more bites, especially on pressured waters. You can modify your soft plastics by clipping, slicing, melting or any other means to create a better bass catcher. Many of the alterations you can make are simple …
A high-dollar bass boat rigged with high-tech electronics is the rage of bass fishing today, but there is a less expensive way to catch bass: Bank fishing. Bank Fishing Advantages If you can find the right location, you can catch bass fishing from the bank better than you can from a boat. Some of the advantages of fishing from the …
