Aug
1
Walleyes in the wrong place and not biting what they should be this summer? You’re not alone! But fear not, Al Linder is here to share three can’t-miss tactics to put ‘eyes into your boat – and without live bait. Continue reading
Jul
31
Anywhere and everywhere you see schools of baitfish this summer – shallow near the surface, or deep on your sonar graph – throw a Storm® 360GT Searchbait™ and you’ll put bass in the boat. Continue reading
Jul
24
Cast a Rapala® DT®-20 upriver and bang bottom across a hump in deep water and you’re bound to catch a lot of big bass the next few weeks on Lake Guntersville and similar reservoirs across the Southeast. Continue reading
Jul
17
The new VMC® Neko™ Skirt — a first-of-its-kind terminal accessory design for the increasingly popular Neko Rig currently taking the bass fishing world by storm — was awarded “Best Terminal Tackle” honors by the American Sportfishing Association at ICAST 2018, the world’s largest sportfishing expo. Continue reading
Jul
3
In a Bassmaster tournament in which fish were hard to find, they were even harder to keep hooked. Angler after angler told tales of woe on the weigh-in stage of feisty, hard-fighting Lake Oahe smallmouth coming unbuttoned before coming in the boat. But Jacob Wheeler had no such hard-luck stories. He was drop-shotting with a new VMC® Neko™ Hook prototype. Continue reading
Jun
26
The word of the week in a recent Bassmaster whack-fest on the Mississippi River was “Frog.” And a Terminator Walking Frog Jr. helped several pros sprint to top finishes in the Elite Series event in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Continue reading
Jun
11
Fishing deeper and slower than the competition helped Rapala® pros Gerald Swindle and Brandon Palaniuk to runner-up and 7th-place finishes, respectively, Sunday in a tough Bassmaster Elite tournament on the Sabine River system in Texas. Baits that put bass in the boat included Rapala BX™ Brats, Storm® Arashi® Cover Pops, VMC® Shaky Head Jigs and VMC® Sureset Drop Shot Hooks. Continue reading
Mar
20
Congratulations to back-to-back Bassmaster Classic Champion Jordan Lee, who caught several of his key fish on a VMC® weedless Neko Hook. Continue reading
Mar
7
Higher water than anglers have seen in recent history will likely put Rapala® crankbaits and Storm 360GT™ Searchbaits center stage in the Bassmaster Classic March 16-18 on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell. So says top Rapala pros prior to a practice period that began March 9 on the sprawling highland reservoir. Continue reading
Mar
5
Whether you’re fishing in the Bassmaster Classic this month or on your favorite highland reservoir, Rapala® and Storm® crankbaits, Terminator® jigs and spinnerbaits, and Rapala Shadow Rap jerkbaits will put fish in the boat. Those are among the baits top Rapala pros predict they’ll throw in official practice before the March 16-18 Bassmaster Classic on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell. Continue reading