I still remember the excitement in the fishing world when Rapala first came out with the Husky Jerk stick bait. This lure was billed as a rattling and suspending twitch bait that was sure to ...

Editor’s Note: Need some new gear for a late-summer angling adventure? Looking for the next best thing for 2018? Military Times outdoors columnist Ken Perrotte has you covered. Read all about the ...

Topwater lures are in a league of their own. Nowhere in the fishing world will you find a more eclectic, bizarre, and curious collection of tackle. Companies have spawned seemingly every conceivable ...

No piece of fishing tackle generates more heated debate than the choice of fishing lures. So with the caveat that there is no “best” fishing lure for each unique angler and body of water, here are ...

Jarmo Rapala, whose Finnish grandfather Lauri started the world's largest fishing lure company in 1936, has joined Northland Fishing Tackle as a contracted lure designer. Jarmo bought Bagley Bait ...

An era passed Saturday with the funeral of Ray Ostrom, 85, of Bloomington. His life story, and that of his business partner, Ron Weber of Edina, is uniquely Minnesotan -- and one every fisherman might ...

Largemouth bass are opportunistic feeders. Everything is on the menu for these aggressive fish, from crustaceans to worms to frogs to mice. I even once hand-fed a piece of fried chicken to a bass.

The controller may fit the bill, but Rapala Tournament Fishing just isn't the big catch that virtual anglers were hoping for. One of the big complaints with fishing games of the past was the need to ...