I just read and look online. what is big right now is the umbrella rig. "alabama rig" and those seem to be getting good results. I am more of a salt water type of guy where my friends and I caught some stuff yesterday..
Here check out the alabama rig.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1VRvYPodRE
I think the first thing abotut fishing is how to tie knots, then learning tipes of rigs, then using the tipe of bait.