Oct
8
Although Seth Feider says “dumb luck” led him to his best spot last week, a smart strategy helped him catch more and bigger fish in the school he found there. En route to winning a Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on Michigan’s Lake St. Clair, the Rapala® Pro upsized his Sufix® Advance® Fluorocarbon line by two pounds-test in order to prevent his crankbaits from hitting bottom. The non-traditional retrieve helped him hook and land more 4-plus-pound smallmouth bass. Continue reading
Sep
26
The only way to get more from a RipStop® is to hit more depths. So Rapala® developed the new RipStop® Deep, which dives three to four feet deeper than the original No. 12 RipStop®. Continue reading
Sep
18
When coastal water temps cool this fall, target shallow redfish with a “1-2 punch” of the Rapala® Skitter V top-water and Storm® 360GT soft baits. Continue reading
Sep
12
Fishing line can be the difference between landing and losing a fish of a lifetime. Sufix, a Rapala® Respected Brand, has innovated in all line categories – monofilament, fluorocarbon and braid – to prevent the dreaded one that got away. Continue reading
Sep
3
Right around September the temperature usually starts to cool down, cold rains and cold fronts can cool the water in a hurry. Continue reading
Aug
28
While it’s no secret that Pool 8 of the Mississippi River is “a frog fisherman’s dream,” Rapala® Pro Ott DeFoe says, he was willing to share some of his secrets for where and when to throw what kind of frog to catch the most bass. Continue reading
Aug
20
While many walleye anglers might have forgotten the appeal of bucktail jigs, walleyes have not. For aggressive bites, fish a VMC® Bucktail Jig in six to 12 feet of water. Start by jigging it fast and unadorned. Slow down and dress the hook with live bait to entice finicky fish. Continue reading
Aug
5
From his first flip into thick grass, Seth Feider knew VMC’s Tokyo Rig® would put more big bass into his boat than traditional Texas or punch rigs. Not only does it penetrate the thick stuff better, it makes his baits more lifelike and boosts his hook-up ratio. Continue reading
Jul
30
The hottest trolling bait on the best big walleye waters just got better with Rapala’s® release of a larger Down Deep Husky Jerk® that will run straight and true at 20-plus feet. Continue reading
Jul
29
While he may have been fishing what he called a “trout stream pattern,” Mike Iaconelli was throwing a classic bass bait Saturday when he won the Bassmaster Eastern Open on the James River in Virginia. Continue reading