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 ...

Fishing umbrella rigs in shallow water pushes gear and technique to the limit. Big fish respond violently when the rig passes through the right zone. Positioning and retrieve speed matter more than ...

Modification of the umbrella or Alabama rig is legal in Ohio if used as depicted by these three photos taken from the Ohio Division of Wildlife website. They include a rig (left) with only three wires ...