When Bart Miller died in 2018, he left behind a rich legacy as one of the sport’s most well-known fishermen-turned-lure-designers. His line of Black Bart lures has become the gold standard around the ...

While working for Laurie Woodbridge on Sea Baby, I loved making weird baits to catch billfish. While we were catching live baits for juvenile black marlin and sailfish, we would also catch pinkies and ...

From left, the classic bonita strip, the belly strip and the side strip are rigged and ready to go to help anglers catch a wide variety of sport fish when applied properly. Bill Kearney For the Miami ...

When you absolutely, positively have to catch a fish, live bait is the only way to go, period. While artificial lures are variously new, improved, or otherwise hyped worldwide, the lowly worm and its ...

We’re not here to take sides. We’re not here to end the debate forever. We are, however, here to say that there are times when rigging with bait—either live or dead—will outfish artificial lures, even ...

Rigging live bait the right way will pay off. George Poveromo Rigging baitfish for saltwater gamefish is like a science. Anglers fish in so many different conditions: prime ocean with features for ...

From now until autumn, one of the more productive ways to catch fish is with a live-bait rig. Live-bait rigs are simple set-ups, but they’re so effective so much of the time. Whether you’re after ...