What the Heck Is an Inurig?

One of the most hyped plastic worm rigs in the recent past is yet another rigging technique/presentation from overseas... the Inurig!

Touted as being the most life-like plastic worm presentation around, I decided to check it out and see what I thought.

Here's a video from bass pro Matt Stefan describing his experience with the Inurig...

After watching Matt's video as well as a few other "in the water" presentations as well, I admit it does a pretty good job of mimicking a nightcrawler as it sinks in through the water column...

That said, is it really worth all the extra rigging hassle especially since most of the time when presenting plastic worms we're not even trying to imitate a worm?

I'm not so sure about that and doubt I would ever use it on a regular basis but...

I guess you never say never 😏

Best Fishing Spots When Bite Is Tough

You finally have a chance to get out on the water and a major cold front has passed. 

Bright, blue skies, blustery winds all indicating the bite is likely to be a tough one.

What types of cover or structure likely hold the most cooperative bass?

Take a moment and listen to what the bass pros target when they face tough bite conditions...

Intro to Fishing Deep Crankbaits

As the bass spawn winds down in your area, many bass begin their transitions back to their deep-water homes such as ledges, deep ends of points, deep weed beds, rock piles, etc. 

When these structure-oriented bass are active and feeding on either schools of baitfish or bottom-scurrying crawfish, power fishing deep water crankbaits is often a great presentation for triggering these green denizens of the deep into striking.

Take a moment and listen to Spro bass pro John Crews' tutorial on the basics of deep water cranking regarding this potentially deadly bass-catching technique:

And remember what John mentions during the video, the information he presents can be applied when deep cranking a variety of different depth ranges or to different companies deep crankbait models!

What Is the Tiny Child Rig?

When I first heard the term "tiny child rig" I envisioned a snoopy closed face combo with a bobber, hook and nightcrawler not a finesse bassin' rig that looks more like an upside-down Ned or screwed up Neko rig!

No matter what it looks like, most bass anglers who fish the tiny child rig agree it can be a fish catching machine especially on highly pressured lakes.

Take a few moments as bass fishing enthusiast Steve Rogers describes the tiny child rig and when to fish it...

Plan Your Strategy For Spawning Bass

It’s springtime (or so the calendar says  )…

That time of year for bass and other gamefish to move shallow as the prepare to re-produce…

Though staging bass can often be fairly easy to catch, spawning fish, especially largemouths often present a challenge to the bed fisherman…

Even though some bedding bass maybe stubborn, understanding the signals they provide as they cruise around the nest area and the lure presentations required to make them strike is key to success…

In the following video, the folks at Lake Fork Tackle provide some really great insight into deciphering the spawning bass’ attitude and lures to help invoke the strike…