Because our region is blessed with an abundance of great trout waters, many anglers from this area tend to forget the most popular gamefish in this country is the largemouth bass. Not only are ...

Every bass angler has an opinion of what the best all-around largemouth bass lure is. Some say the jig, while others tout the spinnerbait as being the fish-catchingest lure in their tackle box. For me ...

Kenny Stroud in Siloam Springs recommends using plastic worms, tube baits or any soft plastic lure to catch black bass. Try ...

Table Rock Lake Chamber of Commerce recommends fishing for black bass shallow and deep with plastic worms or jig and pigs.

The end of the rod trembled a bit as I twitched the plastic worm through the water. The cast into the lily pads had landed with a light plop, and now I was guiding ...

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 ...

Back in the 60s, Nick Creame began marketing his plastic worms. They were the color of nightcrawlers and most of us fished them the same way. Bunched up on a hook, they really didn’t appeal to bass as ...

There is a plastic worm rig that's so outlandish its creators just had to call it the "wacky worm." It looks silly, yet works like a charm for catching largemouth bass. It has become the secret go-to ...

Although bass season is now in full swing, heavy rains last week made the Juniata River a bit high and muddy for good smallmouth fishing. That situation shifted my focus from river smallmouths to lake ...

Anyone who knows me, knows my favorite lure for bass is the spinnerbait. What a lot of you don’t know is that when the water temperature gets around 70 degrees, I can’t wait to throw a 10-inch rubber ...

Striped bass fishing continues to be good, reports Reece Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers. Stripers are being caught 60 feet deep or deeper, he said. Best baits are brood minnows, shad or ...