The expert anglers at Milliken Fishing prove that an old-school swimbait rig still crushes large bass consistently, showing the timeless effectiveness of classic gear.

After the exceptionally warm winter of 2011-12, a lot of anglers thought the magic was gone from the multi-lure umbrella rig, best known as the Alabama Rig because its use as a freshwater bass rig was ...

Swimbaits are great fish catchers, but it takes a lot of work to wring out their potential. A swimbait is a long, soft plastic lure with a deep belly that tapers sharply to a wide, paddle-shaped tail.

On the tournament trail, he's known for scratching around super shallow with a wacky worm rig or an unweighted Texas rig, but once John Cox winds down the competitive events, the Florida pro turns his ...

I was just poking around on tacklewarehouse.com and found the Roman Made Natural Wood Mother Chaser Swimbait which is a full 16” long and weighs 22 oz. Even if you have a capable rod and reel, how ...

Spring is the absolute best time of year to catch bass near the bank. Smallmouths, largemouths, and spotted bass all flood the shallows each spring to spawn. As part of their annual ritual, the bass ...

The Tokyo rig may be the hottest soft-­plastic presentation in stateside bass fishing right now, but it’s not new. Leadered punch-shot rigs have been a thing in Japan for a while. It wasn’t until VMC ...

Crawfish profile soft plastics are most commonly used, but Wired2Fish's Ryan DeChaine shares his reasons why a quality swimbait pairs excellently with a swinging jig.

Note: Day 2 of a 3-part series that stretches to Thursday, with a break Wednesday for the Humpday Diner. ON GUNTERSVILLE LAKE -- Although we set out to catch a few bass throwing the lipless crankbaits ...

Here’s some good tips for getting soft swimbaits perfectly threaded and secured to jigheads. Doing so makes sure they run true and look like the real thing. Posted on 12/14/2015 (2:03) ...