Catch More Fish With Lures That Stand Out From The Crowd
Some days showing fish a unique presentation is the secret to getting their attention and triggering strikes. Keeping up to date on the latest fishing techniques and adding new lures to your collection are ways to ensure you always have ample attention-getting presentations to try on the water. Here are four reliable strategies for making baits stand out from the crowd, and get noticed by more fish.
1. CAPTIVATE FISH WITH LOUD COLOURS
Fish are attracted to and triggered by loud colours. Bass, walleye, northern pike, lake trout and other predators can’t resist the new Custom Colours seen on many of Rapala’s fan favourites, including: Jigging Raps, Jigging Shadow Raps, Deep Tail Dancers, Husky Jerks and Slab Raps. These can’t-miss Custom Colour patterns are available as well in the new VMC TechSet Spinner Harness Rig Series.
One of the best multi-species lures of all time — the Classic Vibrax inline spinner — now comes in six new Northern-Lights inspired colours. Definitely be sure to add these to your shopping list for the upcoming fishing season.
Even a little splash of colour can make a big difference. To give an example, the best Ned rigging anglers will tell you there are times when using a chartreuse Ned Rig Jig will significantly out-fish a natural coloured jig head for smallmouth and largemouth bass, walleye and panfish.
2. HAUL-IN BIGGER PANFISH WITH HARD-BAITS
In a fishing culture where soft-plastics on jigs are the go-to presentation for a lot of folks, using hard-baits for panfish is an effective way to make your presentation to get noticed. Jumbo yellow perch, slab crappie and other bragging-sized panfish can’t resist the Countdown Elite 35 and Elite 55 fished with a swim-pause or twitch-pause retrieve. You’ll also catch piles of big panfish swim-jigging or vertically fishing Ultralight Rippin’ Raps, Slab Raps, Jigging Raps and Jigging Shad Raps.
3. GET WALLEYE BAITS OFF THE FLOOR
Walleye cruising bottom are going to have a hard-time biting your bait if they can’t see it. The floating Hover Jig and new TechSet Spinner Indiana Floating Harness add lift to live-bait offerings, keeping them in the strike of up-feeding walleye. Try these products with nightcrawlers, minnows and leeches, and your bait-rigging bites are guaranteed to go up.
4. ADD A BLADE AND TRIGGER MORE BITES
Cutting-edge angling tactics don’t stay a secret for very long these days, but if you haven’t yet modified your favourite lures with Bladed Hybrid Treble Hooks, you are missing out on catching more fish. The extra flash and vibration these specialty hooks produce will increase the attraction and strike-triggering qualities of a lure.
BONUS TIP: TIDY TACKLE = EFFICIENT ANGLING
When looking for ways to apply the above “get-noticed” fishing tactics to your angling adventures this season, don’t forget the importance of keeping tackle organized so you can be as efficient as possible. To help your efforts in this respect, Rapala unveils its innovative, feature-loaded RapStack tackle tray collection, suitable for storing and organizing everything from big, heavy lures to micro baits and terminal tackle. With clear lids and bottoms, RapStack tackle trays make it easy to survey tray contents and quickly find a specific bait, and then grab in record time thanks to the RapStack’s single-hand operable Quick Latch System.
WRAP UP
Fishing with an attention-getting presentation helps attract and trigger more fish. Having plenty of new lures and trending tactical know-how up your sleeve are smart strategies to achieve this objective, but just as critical is keeping these stand-out baits organized so you can maximize your angling efficiency on the water.