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Fishing Crankbaits for Walleye new

(Crank-tim-a-da-tion): A fearfulness of crankbaits. Lacking the confidence to trust bodybaits. To be utterly intimidated by hard-bodied lures. Ex: “Tom suffered from cranktimidation, not having the confidence to employ the lure even when the fishing...

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Fishing lures new

Shopping for lures can be a bit overwhelming. There are a lot of companies that make a lot of lures in a lot of sizes, shapes and colors. But that's part of the fun, and most lures are priced about the same. For more information on what lures to use for your ...

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Reaction Strike Walleye new

One of the most overused terms in fishing today is “reaction strike.” It seems like every time you turn around, someone else is talking about a scenario where a fish has been magically stimulated to bite. The truth, of course, is that fish strike baits for...

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Twitch and Pause for Smallmouth Bass new

A smallmouth bass in proximity takes note of your bodybait suspended motionless in the water column. You make another sharp, downward rip of the rod tip and the lure scurries askew and stops. Sunlight reflects from it like the beam of a spotlight echoing off...

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Rippin Lips’ Scent Trail new

Ask science fiction to conjure a superhero with otherworldly senses of taste and smell and the resulting futuristic freak would likely resemble a catfish. In space age intelligence and acuity, catfish are off the piscatorial charts—finned freaks of nature...

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Color and Scent For Big Smallies new

25-year-old Aaron Wiebe is a self-described “professional fishing addict” who’d rather sleep in his truck than miss out on the morning bite—or sleep in his boat with a line in the water, for that matter, with a chance at a moonlit feeding window. “I’m...

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Crankbaits for Great Lakes Trout and Salmon new

Cast. Troll. Fish them high in the water column or low. Tie on a bodybait and ply any of the Great Lakes for trout and salmon and you’ll often have the upper hand. Spoons, spinners, flashers and flies are standard issue anywhere trout and salmon swim. It...

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Swim Jig Bass Workout new

Although best known for his dexterity with a square bill crank, B.A.S.S. Elite Series Tournament touring pro Kevin Short also loves to swim a jig—especially in the spring. “I’ll fish a swim jig from pre-spawn all the way through summer. Its versatility is...

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New Rippin Lips’ Catfish Bait new

Catfish are beautiful. Or if not exactly beautiful, then at least maybe we can agree on adjectives like distinguished, pleasingly plump and vaguely cartoonish—like big swimming caricatures of themselves. Cats are unexpectedly bright, too, like running into a...

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LIVE BAIT: Everything there is to know…as far

So far, you’ve watched short-form videos on Nightcrawlers, Minnows, Exotic Species, Leeches and gathering Crayfish. So now comes the final volume, the crème de la crème of Frabill’s LIVE BAIT Video Series. And it, as you’ll soon see, is much more than a...

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