Every topwater strike makes bass fishing more fun. But there’s something about topwater frog fishing—watching that almost comical-looking bait hop and sputter and then get suddenly obliterated—that ...

Soft plastic lures are mainstays for catching bass 12 months out of the year, and the angler who doesn’t have a good selection of the best producers in proven colors—and an ample supply of the hot one ...

For many years, anglers included pork as a regular part of fishing jigs. Then many of them began using soft plastic frog trailers on their jigs, primarily because of the vast array of molded colors, ...

Bull Shoals • East: Water temperature is 87 degrees, normal and clear. Black bass fair using soft plastics and topwater baits. West: Water temperature is 84 degrees, normal and dingy. White bass fair ...

Soft plastic baits are great for catching smallmouth, largemouth, and spotted bass. Many soft plastics can be fished weightless or rigged for other effective techniques. But the endless profiles, ...