Balog’s drop shot rigs consist of a No. 1 Gamakatsu hook tied to 6-pound test fluorocarbon line using a Palomar knot to make the hook stand straight out from the line with the point up. Balog usually ...

The drop-shot rig, which incorporates a hook tied above the sinker, has realized great success in bass fishing circles. But the rig is also effective on walleyes, on lakes that contain green ...

Rigging was made popular in Minnesota by a couple of Chicago boys named Ron and Al Lindner, two brothers with a knack for catching fish and teaching others how to catch fish. One of their favorite ...

The tide had brought us together off a point near the Bay Bridge, the flood welling up on the rising bottom and sweeping us out toward the deeper waters of the bay. In the other boat, one of three ...

Lindy or walking sinkers are often used when drifting or trolling slowly with live bait on a plain hook. / Joe Shead Al and Ron Lindner made the Lindy Rig famous decades ago, and it continues to ...

Back in the day, pretty much every bass angler fished the Carolina rig. As a kid, I remember heading out on the lake with a ...

Learn the live bait rig that consistently beats artificial lures for fall muskies. Expert rigging, setup, and hookset tips for catching trophy fish this season.

Like many hobbies, fishing can be as complicated as we make it. Most trips can be successful with just a few hooks, some worms and a handful of trusty lures. But fishing also provides plenty of ...

Along more than a mile of river channel drop-off, small schools of rockfish were coming to the surface to feed on large schools of bait fish riding with the falling tide toward deeper water. Most ...

Craig Holt caught this red drum from the Cape Fear River using a Carolina rig baited with a live mullet. While standing on the bank of Snow's Cut recently, I watched Neal Thompson and his son Ryan, of ...

The drop-shot rig, which incorporates a hook tied above the sinker, has realized great success in bass fishing circles. But the rig is also effective on walleyes, both on lakes that contain green ...