When some anglers think of finesse worms they think sissy baits, something suitable only for a rank amateur who can't catch a bass any other way. Those who hold that opinion might want to take note, ...

A wacky rig is one of the most effective techniques for enticing reluctant bass to bite. It is also one of the best finesse presentations for shallow-water fish and suspended bass close to the surface ...

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 ...

For years, lots of allegedly serious bass anglers didn’t want to use anything less than 20 pound test line. It was seen an unmanly, undignified and unlikely to win big money tournaments. I credit the ...

Former Kentucky Afield Television show host Hope Carleton (left) and Charlie Brewer (right) fish the Slider method on Dale Hollow Lake in 1975. Brewer's Slider worm launched the finesse fishing ...

They call it "finesse" bassing, but it looks more like panfishing. Using thread-like line, rods soft as willow switches and baits scarcely big enough to tempt a shellcracker, bass experts pull lunker ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- I've left Laurel River Lake so mad that I could've bitten through a railroad spike. Hours and hours of slowly, patiently working a jig down a rocky point or swimming a 4-inch smoke ...

The bite was subtle, which is often the case when fishing a river hovering around 40 degrees. I was fishing a Ned rig — a finesse-sized pairing of a slim ...