Mar
28
For the second time this season, Rapala® Pro Ott DeFoe made a big splash for a big finish with a hush-hush new-bait. On Championship Sunday of the Bassmaster Classic on Texas lunker factory Lake Conroe, he caught and landed a 9 lb. 9 oz. bass that exploded on a Storm® Arashi® Cover Pop, a new topwater bait scheduled to be unveiled publicly in July. Continue reading
Feb
28
A small Terminator® frog helped Ott DeFoe to another big finish Sunday in Bassmaster Elite Series action. Continue reading
Feb
13
VMC Neon Moon Eye Jigs, the new Storm 360GT Searchbait and Rapala Jigging Raps helped Jacob Wheeler win the first Bassmaster Elite Series regular- season tournament held on Tennessee’s Cherokee Lake. Continue reading
Feb
13
Team Rapala fared well in the four-day tournament, showcasing a number of the baits in the Rapala family of brands as 6 of its 8 Elite Series pros competing finished in the Top 12 in a field of 110 anglers. Continue reading
Sep
20
Talking about winning hook, line and sinker – literally. Rapala Pro Seth Feider dominated the 2016 Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship, winning on Minnesota’s Mille Lacs Lake with a drop shot set-up comprising a VMC hook, Sufix braid and fluorocarbon and a VMC tungsten weight – all tackle within the Rapala family of brands. Continue reading
Sep
13
Tweaking your hook set-ups can improve hook-up ratios and put more fish in the boat. Such was the case last week for Rapala pros Ott DeFoe and Seth Feider, who won and placed second in a Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on the Mississippi River near La Crosse, Wis. Continue reading
Jul
6
Seems sometimes dock bass have seen all that falls, making them finicky feeders. But Seth Feider says they ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Show ‘em a Shadow Rap® Shad, he says, and watch out! Continue reading
Jul
6
When fish get finicky or spooky, throw small baits on Sufix® Nanobraid®. The super-sensitive micro-braid casts a mile, increases hook-up ratios, works well in the wind and doesn’t require a special knot to tie. Continue reading
Jul
6
It never fails to amaze how many baits flood the market each year, but how few become fish-catching sensations. Fact is, what creates a fish-catching phenomenon is not just the bait but the interpretation of how, when and where the bait should be fished. Continue reading
May
5
Slowing down and bulking up helped Dave Lefebre to a runner-up finish last week in the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on Alabama’s Wheeler Lake, a Tennessee River reservoir. Continue reading