Long before forward-facing sonar was the hot button issue in fishing, the Alabama rig was causing waves for many of the same ...

Live bait is working best to catch striped bass. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, recommends fishing for stripers between Rocky Branch and Hickory Creek parks. Trolling with brood minnows or umbrella rigs ...

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 ...

Make no mistake about it. Fishing with umbrella rigs, also called chandeliers, is not finesse fishing. There's no delicate presentation involved. No romancing the fish. No elegance. To do it correctly ...

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 ...

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 ...

When water temperatures drop and schools of shad grow scarce, bass enthusiasts targeting the heaviest fish switch to an umbrella rig that imitates a small cloud of shad to turn the bite on. The best ...

Alan Battista’s garage manufactured Chesapeake Rig is a collection of heavy wire, glass beads, swivels, soft plastic shad bodies and bucktail jig heads. As the waters of the Chesapeake Bay cool down ...

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 ...