Of all the means fishermen use to tempt striped bass, perhaps none is as strange to behold as the tube-and-worm rig. However, as weird as a spinning, 18-inch length of colored tubing tipped at the ...

It is, without question, the weirdest-looking lure we use to catch striped bass, but it is also one of the most effective. The tube-and-worm rig is a length of colored surgical tube, typically 18-30 ...

The tube and worm is a lure/bait combination used primarily on the eastern seaboard, where kayak anglers find it's extraordinarily effective for striped bass. The tube is actually surgical tubing cut ...

, an essential first lesson for beginners is to master a few essential fishing rigs that use soft baits—whether they’re worms, crawfish, tube baits, or creature baits. Some soft baits come already ...

At Fishing Finatics in Everett, Pete said there’s been a good striped bass bite off Revere, Nahant and Winthrop beaches. He suggests trolling the shoreline in 8 to 10-feet of water with Santini ...

Eels are a favorite meal for striped bass in the summer and "tubing" is a method of fishing for stripers that imitates a live eel. Tubes are made from rubber surgical tubing rigged on a wire or heavy ...

Pete Santini said striped bass up to 45 inches in length can be found along the Winthrop shoreline. Flocks of birds are working over the schools and, when the bass come up to the surface, he suggests ...