The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency would like to clarify the existing regulation concerning all apparatus classified as umbrella rigs for fishing. TWRA is taking this proactive step in the best ...

It was during an autumn largemouth bass foray when I saw an angler break the law — the Illinois law, that is. I’d just caught my fourth bass of the session using a pre-rigged Carolina plastic worm.

The gigantic 14.58 pound largemouth caught in Pickwick Lake last week by Lance Walker is one of series of enormous bass that have fallen recently to the "umbrella rig", a multi-lure device made wildly ...

UNION HALL - Rex Smith must be crazy. Why else would this man, whom I consider a good friend, call me Tuesday afternoon to say he was catching the heck out of stripers at Smith Mountain Lake? "You ...

Last fall, Paul Elias shook the bass fishing industry when he won the FLW Tour Open on Lake Guntersville using the Alabama rig. It has been quite some time since one lure — or maybe I should say five ...

Make no mistake about it. Umbrella rigs, also called spreaders and chandeliers, catch big stripers and blues but it's not finesse fishing. There's no delicate presentation involved, no imparting ...

For years, saltwater anglers have known the benefits of fishing with multiple bait rigs. The spreader rig or umbrella rig allows the fisherman to present multiple artificial baits at one time and on ...

Fishing micro umbrella rigs for monster crappie actually worked. Mike Johnson’s nightmare: Kevin Kiley is unhappy with the ...

Big fish require bold tactics, and umbrella rigs deliver in a big way. On this river trip, watch how bass and striper react when the rig hits the water. The strikes are aggressive, the battles intense ...

Starting Saturday, Canadian citizens without a fishing licence can plop their lines in Ontario lakes during Family Fishing Week. They have to obey other fishing regulations, however. The Ministry of ...