Sep
18
Two Terminator baits helped Ott DeFoe win a third Bassmaster Open on Tennessee’s Douglas Lake, his home water. The first was no surprise – a Terminator® Pro Series Jig, long a go-to bait for DeFoe. The second threw Bassmaster media observers for a loop when DeFoe started slinging it – a Terminator Walking Frog Jr. Continue reading
Aug
28
In a tournament in which landing huge smallmouth bass was harder than finding and catching them, Rapala® Pros Brandon Palaniuk and Seth Feider enjoyed an advantage over the competition by arming their drop-shot rigs with VMC® Neko Hooks. Continue reading
Aug
28
New rods & reels! New Rapala lures! New line! New challenges! New tournaments… and new fish! Continue reading
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
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
10
Larger Size 12 Rapala® Ripstop® Delivers Even Bigger Thrills
The only way Rapala® could deliver bigger thrills with their exhilarating RipStop® bait is to make it bigger. 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
19
While Shad Rap®s are legendary cold-water crankbaits, you’ll enjoy a hot walleye bite with them in warm weather too. When water temps are in the high 60s to low 70s on your favorite lake, troll the incomparable balsa baits at 1.75 to 2.25 mph in 4-8ft and you’ll catch a boatload. Continue reading
Jun
12
This Father’s Day, skip the gift cards. Don’t even think about wrapping up a coffee mug. Instead, surprise Dad with an unexpected day on the water, complete with can’t-miss gifts from Rapala®, the most trusted name in fishing for more than 80 years. Continue reading