Our guide breaks down everything you need to know for Carolina rig fishing for bass, including step-by-step rigging instructions and a video.

Today we are bottom bouncing with our pre-tied T-Turn rig #9C, and using the Thundermist Eye-Drop as our bait - it's a small ...

Unlike the traditional bottom rig, the hook sits above the weight, allowing the minnow to swim freely just off the bottom or mid-column, exactly where sonar shows fish.

Drop the rig to the bottom and take up the slack. It is important to fish right on the bottom because these fish lie on the bottom just like their big cousins, the California halibut.

The beauty of bottom fishing on these rockpiles is that tons of chum, live bait, or fancy terminal rigs are not necessary. This is simple fishing at its finest.

Merely attach a standard bottom fishing rig to the end of your line, bait up with a live minnow or strip of fresh squid and lower it to the bottom.

Ed Killer offers these tips on bait, tackle and locations to catch a red snapper during the two-day Florida Atlantic season on July 8-9.