From mid-spring through mid-fall, soft swimbaits — such as Z-Man’s Swimmin’ Trout Trick, Keitech’s Swing Impact, and Lake Fork Tackle’s Live Magic Shad — excel at catching bass, especially ...

Soft swimbaits, minnow facsimiles that provide an inherent bite-triggering action, are effective in a wide variety of bass-fishing situations. From stump-laden largemouth lakes to rocky smallmouth ...

One of the most consistent year-around patterns for big bass on the TVA lakes including Guntersville, Wheeler, Wilson and Pickwick is tossing a big swimbait in deep water. Just about the only time it ...

Whether it's a crystal-clear glacial lake, a swift-moving river, one of the great lakes, or a desert reservoir, there is one species likely swimming in all of them - giant smallmouth. Otherwise known ...

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From an Alaskan guide coming out of retirement for one more shot, to must-have topwater bass baits, to the best soft plastic baits, these stories captured our Sports Illustrated fishing reader’s ...

New baits are one of my favorite categories of products. They fill anglers with dreams of finding the lure that will result in a fish on every cast. Is that realistic? No, but it’s fun to dream. And ...

Here’s some good tips for getting soft swimbaits perfectly threaded and secured to jigheads. Doing so makes sure they run true and look like the real thing. Posted on 12/14/2015 (2:03) ...

West Coast swimbait ace and Elite Series pro Chris Zaldain talks rod angles to achieve maximum hookups when fishing Texas-rigged soft swimbaits. Rod, reel and line also factor into his common sense ...