FISHING RIGS

One rig. Each part in place.

Choose the presentation before you choose the tackle.

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What do you want your bait to do?

Search open bottom while a soft plastic moves behind a separate sinker.

Hold a small bait above a bottom weight with little forward travel.

Move a soft-plastic worm through cover with its hook point protected.

Hold bait at a chosen depth and show a bite. A slip float lets a deep rig reel close for casting.

Let both ends of a stick worm fall freely around shallow targets.

Keep channel-catfish bait near bottom while the main line slides through a sinker.

Hold bait in current with the weight on a sliding sinker carrier.