Rigs & setups
Rig the water you're fishing.
28 setups for surf, pier, bridge, inlet, Bay, and freshwater fishing in Hampton Roads — each drawn from one kit of parts, with what it's for, when to use it, and what usually goes wrong.
Presentation
4 rigs
4 rigs
Float rigs
Bait suspended under a cork or float, above grass, structure, or the debris that steals bottom baits.
- Sheet 03Floatbeginner
Popping cork rig
For speckled trout, red drum, flounder from bay, marsh, inlet.
Speckled TroutRed DrumFlounder - Sheet 08Floatbeginner
Slip-float rig
For speckled trout, red drum, crappie, white perch from bay, marsh, river, lake.
Speckled TroutRed DrumCrappie - Sheet 14Floatbeginner
Panfish float rig
For crappie, yellow perch, white perch, chain pickerel from lake, river, marsh.
CrappieYellow PerchWhite Perch - Sheet 16Floatintermediate
Santee Cooper rig
For blue catfish, channel catfish from river, bay.
Blue CatfishChannel Catfish