RIG THE GAMEFISH

for many anglers, which comes as no surprise. Anything we can do to achieve some kind of edge on the water or present something with better than out-of-the-box performance is worth a shot, even if it only leads to one or two more bites. Some tinker because they’ve genuinely come up with better or smarter mousetraps, while others do it simply for the personal satisfaction of fooling a fish with something they devised. Both are perfectly sound reasons to toil away in the garage. And it’s fair to say that no group of anglers spends more time garage-tinkering than professional bass anglers, because for them, any edge can spell the difference between a big payday and being miles from the money. We tracked down four tinkering pros to get the details behind some of their best—yet very easy and inexpensive—lure and rig mods. What they all have in common is that they’ll not only help you stick