In the most basic terms, a Carolina rig consists of a weight, a bead, a swivel, leader, hook, and soft-plastic lure, and the rig is designed to run deep to target bass along the bottom of a fishery.

“In that cold water, they just wanted that bait moving slowly.” Jake Whitaker used a soft plastic stick bait rigged two ways for his tenth-place finish. / B.A.S.S. | Dalton Tumblin Tenth-place ...

1. Texas Rigged Soft Plastic Five anglers, including the winner, Cory Johnston, credited Texas rigged flipping baits, including creatures, craws, straight tail worms, and stick baits, for their ...

Fishing continues to be hit-or-miss due to ... more neutral colors in deeper water and darker colors in shallower water. Soft plastics and minnows will still get you bit as well.