I'm here with Antonio today, and we're out on the Niagara River. We're going to spend a little bit of time, only an hour, ...

Live-baiting for marlin can often produce bites from the biggest blues and blacks in the neighborhood. This is important if you’re fishing in a tournament where catching numbers of smaller fish on ...

We are fishing in Lake Erie out of Port Colborne today, and we're running a double T-Turn rig for perch. We use a 2 T-Turn ...

The night crawler is one of the most popular live-bait rigs. The night crawler. It’s arguably the most used live bait, period. From bluegills to blue cats, walleyes to white bass, good luck finding a ...

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

We’re not here to take sides. We’re not here to end the debate forever. We are, however, here to say that there are times when rigging with bait—either live or dead—will outfish artificial lures, even ...

If there is one thing I’ve learned from the live-bait guys in South Florida, it’s the importance of keeping your bait healthy. No matter what species you are fishing for, or what method you use, the ...

For years, saltwater anglers have known the benefits of fishing with multiple bait rigs. The spreader rig or umbrella rig allows the fisherman to present multiple artificial baits at one time and on ...

Anglers catch more walleyes on live bait than with hardware, but learning which live bait rigs to use at which times is important. Basic rigs include jigs in sizes 1/8-, 1/4- and 3/8-ounces.