In the world of bass fishing, you can try hundreds of techniques and thousands of baits. This can make it challenging to find your tried and true favorites, but it seems that most bass anglers I know ...

The wacky rig worm looks like a mistake, the sort of approach your Aunt Ida would take to rigging a plastic worm if she had never seen one before. The hook goes through the middle of the worm, and the ...

ON BONE CREEK LAKE, KAN. — Midway through a fishing trip on Bone Creek Lake, Zac Udock had a wacky idea. The bass weren’t biting other baits, so it was time for Udock to go to his secret weapon — the ...

I’ve been bass fishing ever since I can remember. Now, at 38, I’ve accumulated quite the arsenal of random tackle tweaks. From odd ways to use a treble hook or zip-tie to preventative measures that ...

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 ...

This is one of the hotter rigs in bass fishing right now. A good one to learn if you haven't. A nail weight, O-ring, hook and straight tail plastic is all you need to get started Neko rigging. The ...

Attaching a plastic stick bait to a hook in the most cartoonishly-simple way possible may seem like a goofy idea but, wacky or not, it’s proven tremendously effective in coaxing finicky bass to bite.

Largemouth bass are the most popular game fish in America for one key reason: Accessibility. No matter where you live, there’s a strong possibility there are largemouths close by. Furthermore, you don ...

When the fishing turns summertime tough, bass anglers get downright wacky. Plastic worms may catch more black bass during summer than any other lure. There are all kinds of ways to rig them. One that ...

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.? It’s the wacky-rig secret that the lure manufacturers don’t want you to know. It catches bass and saves you money. It’s a rubber O-ring that you slip around the middle of your ...

Zac Udock, a guide in southeast Kansas, fished the thick flooded timber of Bone Creek Lake, using a wacky rig with a plastic worm. Photos by Brent Frazee The Kansas City Star ARMA, Kan. Midway through ...