Don’t let the simple appearance of a Senko worm mislead you. After many years of steady tournament use, this plastic worm has long been one of the best bass lures. The Senko and its twin, the YUM ...

ON BONE CREEK LAKE, KAN. — Midway through a fishing trip on Bone Creek Lake, Zac Udock had a wacky idea. The bass weren’t biting other baits, so it was time for Udock to go to his secret weapon — the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author releases a smallmouth bass caught on a neko rig. (Photo by Derek Horner) In the world of bass fishing, you can try ...

The wacky rig worm looks like a mistake, the sort of approach your Aunt Ida would take to rigging a plastic worm if she had never seen one before. The hook goes through the middle of the worm, and the ...

I’ve been bass fishing ever since I can remember. Now, at 38, I’ve accumulated quite the arsenal of random tackle tweaks. From odd ways to use a treble hook or zip-tie to preventative measures that ...

There is a plastic worm rig that's so outlandish its creators just had to call it the "wacky worm." It looks silly, yet works like a charm for catching largemouth bass. It has become the secret go-to ...

When the fishing turns summertime tough, bass anglers get downright wacky. Plastic worms may catch more black bass during summer than any other lure. There are all kinds of ways to rig them. One that ...

Like many hobbies, fishing can be as complicated as we make it. Most trips can be successful with just a few hooks, some worms and a handful of trusty lures. But fishing also provides plenty of ...

Attaching a plastic stick bait to a hook in the most cartoonishly-simple way possible may seem like a goofy idea but, wacky or not, it’s proven tremendously effective in coaxing finicky bass to bite.

Mark Courts shows us how to rig and fish the Neko rig in a variety of habitats, and demonstrates its effectiveness over the Wacky rig and Shaky head in certain conditions.

Zac Udock, a guide in southeast Kansas, fished the thick flooded timber of Bone Creek Lake, using a wacky rig with a plastic worm. Kansas City Star Midway through a fishing trip on Bone Creek ...

Zac Udock, a guide in southeast Kansas, fished the thick flooded timber of Bone Creek Lake, using a wacky rig with a plastic worm. Photos by Brent Frazee The Kansas City Star ARMA, Kan. Midway through ...