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 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, ...

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 ...

With water temperatures slowly easing downward as the days get shorter and the nights get cooler, bass are headed to the shallows in lakes around Alabama. The annual migration presents anglers with an ...

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 ...