Mar
21
Rapala® crankbaits and jerkbaits and VMC® hooks should help Rapala® Pros Ott DeFoe and Jacob Wheeler put big fish in their boats this week in the Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour’s 2022 REDCREST championship on Grand Lake of the Cherokees. Continue reading
Mar
16
You can smell it in the air. Every now and then, a warm, fresh breath of spring. And to you and millions like you, that can mean only one thing … fishing! Continue reading
Feb
16
A trio of Rapala®, Storm® and VMC® baits helped Bob Downey to two monster bags and a runner-up finish in the Bassmaster Elite Series season/opener last week on Florida’s St. Johns River. The bait that put the most big bass in the Rapala pro’s boat was a Storm Arashi Vibe lipless crankbait. Continue reading
Oct
5
Long-time bass fishing enthusiast Bill Wiles crowned 2021 Winner of Rapala® Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing. Continue reading
Jun
29
Lightning struck twice last week for McKendree University’s Trevor McKinney – figuratively and literally. In practice for the Bassmaster College Series Wild Card tournament that he and partner Blake Jackson won on Alabama’s Lay Lake – his second collegiate win on the waterbody – McKinney was struck by lightning for the second time in his lifetime. Thankfully, he was not seriously injured and was cleared to continue competing in the tournament. Continue reading
Jun
11
Running essentially the same gameplan that won him a trophy last June on Chickamauga, Jacob Wheeler came within one biggun’ of winning again this week on the Tennessee River reservoir. Wheeler cranked ledges with Rapala DT-16 and DT-20 crankbaits to catch the most, and biggest, bass he weighed, including a 5-pound, 13-ouncer in the final minutes of the championship round Wednesday on the Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour. Continue reading
Jun
10
James and Troy Lindner of Lindner’s Angling Edge Demonstrate How to Score Chunky Trout with Vertical Finesse. Continue reading
May
28
When bass are eating spawning shad super shallow on hard-bottom areas, don’t hesitate to target them with a crankbait built to dive much deeper. Ott DeFoe did just that in Florida this week, winning his second Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour tournament of the year with a Rapala OG Slim 6, a bait he designed. Continue reading
May
18
Very big baits and very small hooks helped Rapala Pro Brandon Palaniuk get a huge win in Virginia on Sunday. The Bassmaster Elite Series star threw 7 ½-inch Storm® Arashi® Glide Baits and drop-shotted worms on tiny VMC® Finesse Neko Hooks to win his first-ever Bassmaster Open on the James River. Continue reading
Oct
27
In-demand multi-species guide Tony Roach is looking forward to catching fish this year on VMC® hooks, jigs and spoons. Having grown increasingly impressed with VMC’s expanding product portfolio, he recently signed on to use and promote VMC tackle on the ice and in open water. Continue reading