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Wacky rigs are ideal for throwing around docks during the post spawn. A wacky rig is perhaps the most subtle, natural, and non-invasive presentation bass anglers use. It’s a very slow and finessed ...

FILE - Oil rigs stand in the Loco Hills field along U.S. Highway 82 in Eddy County, near Artesia, N.M., one of the most active regions of the Permian Basin. (AP Photo/Jeri Clausing, File) This week I ...

US President Donald Trump promised to ‘drill, baby, drill’. After a year in office, the US oil rig count is steadily ...

A Ned rig is a near-nothing bait composed of a small soft-plastic lure rigged on a jig head. And yet if you had to coax a bite from a bass anytime, anywhere, a Ned rig might very well be your best bet ...

Seatrium Offshore Technology, the flagship offshore jack-up designer for Seatrium Group, has been awarded a repeat contract ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell by 1 this week, according to new data that ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday as operators continue to scale back. The total ...