Bass Fishing
Storm Wiggle Warts
The importance of realistic, crawfish patterns is well known to Bassmaster Elite pro, and Brandon Palaniuk proved it on his way to finishing second in the 2013 Bassmaster Classic on Grand Lake in Oklahoma. […]
Lure Review
Inshore Fishing
The Egret Wedgetail Eel
When Cowboy Outdoors decided to make a big, wedge-tailed soft-plastic artificial lure strictly a saltwater bait, speckled trout fishermen along the country’s coast benefitted big time. […]
Bass Fishing
Mister Twister BUZZ Bug
Mister Twister’s BUZZ Bug, which the Louisiana company plans to introduce at the beginning of 2016, was in the right place at the right time to make a name for itself before it ever hit the market. […]
Fishing
The DeepJerk Minnow
Saltwater fishermen who love to fish coastal and inshore waters for speckled trout and redfish soon will have a new weapon: the DeepJerk Minnow from Mann’s Bait Company in Eufala, Ala. […]
Bass Fishing
YUM Bad Mamma
If you’ve seen one soft plastic creature bait and you’ve seen them all. Right?
Well, Bassmaster Elite Series pro Terry “Big Show” Terry Scroggins would disagree. […]
Fishing
Stanley’s Ribbit Runt
Ann Thomasson Wilson knows a good artificial lure when she sees one.
Or, more accurately, the former professional angler knows a good artificial lure when she doesn’t see one — as when they’re flying off the shelves at Ann’s Tackle Shop in Jasper, Texas, seven miles from Lake Sam Rayburn. […]
Fishing
BKB Swim Jigs
A Kansas bass angler is doing more than holding his own on the Bassmaster Elite Series circuit.
Casey Scanlon is also designing artificial lures — specifically swim jigs and flippin’ jigs — with his good friend and Bass Kandi Baits’ Mike “Redbone” Holland in Ragley near Lake Charles. […]
Fishing
Live Target Rigged Shrimp
When Live Target Lures decided it was time for fishermen and fish to fall in love with a soft-plastic shrimp imitation, it turned to R&D dream team leader Victor Cook. […]
Fishing
Trout trailers
Success, as usual in the artificial lure manufacturing business — or anything else, for that matter — begats success. […]
Bass Fishing
YUM’s Kill Shot, Warning Shot and Sharp Shooter
Take it from a Bassmaster Elite pro bass fisherman who is serious about his drop-shot and finesse worm fishing: three soft plastics introduced by YUM Baits at the 2014 ICast are going to be deadly tantalizing to bass from California to his home state of Florida. […]
Bass Fishing
Rapala Shadow Rap
Rapala last introduced a jerkbait around 2000.
The Finland artificial lure manufacturer got back in the swim of things in a resounding way, although it was a well-kept secret, during the 2015 Bassmaster Classic on Lake Hartwell near Greenville, S.C. […]
Lure Review
Hildebrandt Drum Roller
Want a unique and improved spinnerbait on your side when you go redfish fishing for pleasure or for money? […]