Creative Urchin-Style Bait Rigging

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Photos By Shane Durrance B.A.S.S. Pickering, Ontario pro smashes Patrick Walters’ St. Lawrence record with a 109-9 pound total, a Century Belt, and a 2027 Classic berth. Here’s how he did it.

What had been a stage for cheers, trophies, and checks only hours before was now a graveyard of bass, reportedly numbering 75 to 100.

Unlike a tube or creature bait, an urchin-style bait has no directional action. Fall, drag, or suspend it, and the legs flare 360 degrees. Bass don’t eat the body; they inhale the silhouette.

The Shoals Youth Bassmasters launched from First Creek on Wheeler Lake on a steamy morning to go fishin’ for a trophy. At the end of their final 2026 season on September 19, the temperature reached a hot 98 degrees during the picnic and awards, with a heat index of 103.

September on Pickwick and Wilson is that in-between bite where summer ledges are emptying out and the creeks are loading up. If you catch the shad right you can have a career day.

The Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation State Championship will be held on Lake Martin, October 29-30th. The road to the BASSMASTER CLASSIC starts here. And for Alabama anglers, this is the one that matters most. Think of it like this: Martin is the gatekeeper. You have to beat Martin to move on.

The Shoals Youth Bassmasters motored out onto Wilson Lake from the confines of Safety Harbor on August 29 for their fifth tournament of the year. The young contestants began casting and boating bass in what could be described this time of year as pleasant, with the trophy winners boating 57.4 lbs. of bass.