Jun
2
South Carolina pro Patrick Walters has spent countless hours probing around his home waters of Santee Cooper. And though he’s had plenty of success on Santee over the years, a win at the top level has escaped him – until now. Posting a three-day total weight of 67 pounds, 12 ounces, Walters took home the W in the National Professional Fishing League event on Santee Cooper to claim not only a $100,000 payday but also a bit of redemption. Continue reading
May
31
I like sherbet better than ice cream, said no kid ever. So it is with a walleye offered a lure trying to look like a Rapala® – “Wait, what? Hard pass!” And there lies the genius in Rapala’s recipe for sweet success in dishing up delicious confections of colorful design flair and fish-attracting action – sherbet colors with ice cream satisfaction. Continue reading
May
23
Wisconsin pro Adam Rasmussen brought a wealth of knowledge, a heavy dose of savvy, and some new Rapala® soft plastics to Alabama’s Wheeler Lake. Continue reading
May
22
Jacob Wheeler wins again. This time it was a late May Bass Pro Tour event on Guntersville, but at this point in the young phenom’s career, the headline virtually writes itself. He doesn’t miss the mark often. Continue reading
May
15
The history of big game fishing along the bay of California’s Catalina Island is nothing short of legendary. Known as the birthplace of big game fishing, anglers travel far and wide for the chance to tangle with trophy-sized yellowfin tuna, bluefin tuna, calico bass and numerous other species that swim beneath the island’s gleaming waters. Continue reading
May
11
VMC® Hard Ball Jigs are now available in two smaller sizes and one larger size. The smaller jigs weigh 1/32 oz. and 1/16 oz. The larger jig weighs a ½ oz. Continue reading
May
9
Rapala sat down with Mikko Rautiainen, Head of Product Development, RapalaVMC®, who, on a cold winter day at RapalaVMC’s offices in Vääksy, Finland, took some time to talk with us about the value of designing and making Rapala lures from balsa wood. Continue reading
May
5
Only in a stained-glass window could you find more elaborate combinations of colored glass than in Rapala’s line-up of new Glass Shad Rap® designs. A clear-water crankbait anglers have long relied upon is now available in six new brilliant patterns of “stained glass.” Continue reading
May
2
In the North Country, there’s a moment that all anglers hold sacred: when the last ice slowly dissolves away, revealing open water lakes, reservoirs, and rivers. After enduring one snowstorm after another, winter springs into summer and all thoughts turn toward getting our boats ready and being on open water once again. Continue reading
Apr
25
The toss of turbulent waves, the sea spray in your eyes, the leaps and jolts of fish broaching the surface of the water, and finally, the strain of your muscles and the sweat on your forehead as you reel a big nasty fish with really sharp teeth into your boat – some weighing more than you do. That, my friends, is the thrill of it all. Continue reading