How to Fish a Wacky Rig
A wacky rig is a soft stick worm hooked through the middle so both ends flutter as it sinks. Worms, hooks, O-rings, line and nail or ring weights, where to throw it, how to work it and watch for the bite, following Wikipedia and New York DEC's bass rig table.
How to Fish a Chatterbait
A chatterbait (bladed jig) is a jig with a hex-shaped blade at the nose. Where it shines around the spawn, lead vs. tungsten heads, trailers for baitfish or crawfish, colours by water clarity, retrieves, the rod, and trimming the skirt, from an Outdoor Life guide.
How to Fish a Carolina Rig
The Carolina rig is a slow, bottom-dragging setup that covers big offshore flats and points better than almost anything else. How to tie it, how long to make the leader, the right weight for your depth, and the retrieve that separates feeling bites from feeling rocks.
How to Fish a Swimbait
Swimbaits imitate swimming baitfish. Hard glide and multi-jointed baits, soft paddle tails, line-through and top-hook baits, rigging a paddle tail on a jig head, the near-bottom retrieve and the mid-cast pause, from Wikipedia and a Wired2Fish technique piece.
How to Fish a Jerkbait
What a jerkbait is and why it darts, the crank-and-pause retrieve Arkansas Game and Fish recommends after a cold front, how long to pause, and which fish take stick baits, following Wikipedia, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and the Missouri Department of Conservation.
How to Fish a Spinnerbait
How a spinnerbait attracts fish, what Colorado, willowleaf and Indiana blades do, short-arm and long-arm frames, the slow roll, drop, wake and steady retrieves, trailers and trailer hooks, following Wikipedia and New York DEC's bass rig table.
How to Fish Docks
Docks give fish shade and shelter, and the biggest fish may be far underneath. Why fish use docks, how to get a bait under them (skipping a wacky rig, dropping a short-arm spinnerbait, tubes and Texas rigs), staying quiet, and the access and etiquette that come first.
How to Fish a Crankbait
What a crankbait is, how the bill sets the diving depth, floating, suspending and sinking types, choosing a running depth for the water, the retrieve and its variations, and which fish take them, following Wikipedia, New York DEC and the Missouri Department of Conservation.
How to Fish a Texas Rig
A Texas rig is a sliding bullet weight, an offset worm hook and a soft plastic, fished slowly along the bottom. How to rig the worm, weedless or Texposed, pegging the weight, weightless versions, and New York DEC's setup and retrieve for bass in vegetation.