Fishing Tackle

While there are lots of specialty fishing hooks available, a handful of select hook styles do the brunt of the work for most fishing presentations. Bait, circle, treble, and worms hooks are a few examples. The following is a primer on popular fish hooks and some of their applications.

Popular Fishing Hook Styles

With a good understanding of hook components, let's look at basic and advanced hooks to add to your tackle box.

Every angler has his or her favorite go-to bait shop. 

In this, the second part of Alabama Rig Fishing, I would like to cover how to rig the rig, and what to use. 

Whether you are fishing natural or man-made bodies of water, riprap needs to be high on your stru

With all of the technological advancements in lure making it might seem foolhardy to turn to offerings invented decades ago. That seems especially true with the high pressure many fishing waters receive today. We need computer-designed offerings with ultra-realistic finishes to fool today's sophisticated gamefish. Right?

Soft-plastics are a major category of artificial lures. From tiny finesse worms to massive creatures, these squishy baits are responsible for fooling thousands of bass each season. They're also extremely versatile. A soft-plastic can take the place of live bait, serve as the predominant presentation, or act as a hard-bait trailer to amp-up the offering's action.

Soft plastic baits are confidence baits for many anglers. Yet if there's an Achilles heel to these phenomenal fish-catchers, it's that most have short lifespans. To get more bang for your buck, consider repairing and re-purposing plastics to save money and reduce waste.

Most people think the drag on a spinning reel should be set according to the size of the fish being caught. Actually, drags
should be set to match the line test being used.