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July 16, 2026

Lure Review: Matrix X-Shad Croaker

July 5, 2021 Don Shoopman

Chas Champagne’s latest lure, the Matrix X-Shad Croaker, is a dead ringer for a speckled trout’s favorite summer meal. […]

Jointed Jitterbug 2.0

May 27, 2021 Don Shoopman

With the Jointed Jitterbug 2.0, Arbogast goes back to the drawing board to revamp a revered topwater bait that’s fooled thousands of bass. […]

This 2-pound fish bit on a thumping, rattling Racket Jig that lived up to its name the first week of March at Lake Fausse Pointe. The Stanley Jigs’ product designed by Lonnie Stanley hit the market a few months ago.

Racket Blade gives Stanley Jigs an entry into the bladed jig market

May 6, 2021 Don Shoopman

The Racket Blade, Stanley’s entry into the bladed jig market, is a rocket with plenty of racket attached to intrigue bass. […]

A purple/chartreuse Wedgetail made by Egret Baits hands out of the mouth of a redfish that gobbled it up along the Gulf Coast. (Photo by Chris Berzas)

Lure Review: Egret Baits’ Wedgetail

March 25, 2021 Don Shoopman

Egret Baits’ Wedgetails catch plenty of redfish and flounder, as well as speckled trout, from Corpus Christi, Tex., to Florida’s Panhandle. […]

SB-57 MDJ Series crankbait

February 21, 2021 Don Shoopman

Bass pro Mark Daniels set out to design a square-bill crankbait. The Bill Lewis MDJ Series SB-57 is the result. […]

Clyde Folse has added to his line of crappie-fishing products with a jighead he’s been using for 25 years.

Lure Review: Hamma Heads

January 21, 2021 Don Shoopman

Crappie Psychic’s Clyde Folse debuts the flat jigheads he’s been using to put crappie in the boat for decades. […]

Zach Dubois with his new Bayou Bug 2.0 attached to a bass.

Lure Review: Bayou Bug 2.0

January 3, 2021 Don Shoopman

One of the soft-plastic lures that launched Cajun Lures six years ago has a new look. Bayou Bug 2.0 has arrived, and it is catching bass. […]

Rattling Jig is Delta Lures’ real bass-buster

November 21, 2020 Don Shoopman

Bass tournament partners Fred King and Ray LaBorde were intent on filling a niche in the market with the Delta Lures’ Rattling Jig. […]

The Mischief Minnow combines the action of a standard topwater bait with the flash of a blade.

Mischief Minnow combines topwater, blade bait action

October 25, 2020 Don Shoopman

The Mischief Minnow’s difference-maker is a blade called a “Kilter Blade,” attached to the belly between two treble hooks. […]

Lure Review: Gorilla Buzz

October 3, 2020 Don Shoopman

Buzzbait aficionados and bass have been going ape over the Gorilla Buzz since it was introduced four years ago by Prototype Lures. […]

Egret’s Vudu Shad are made in 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-inch sizes, pre-rigged with a hook.

Egret Baits’ Vudu Shad

September 12, 2020 Don Shoopman

The Egret Baits’ Vudu Shad 3-inch, ¼-ounce and 4-inch, 3/8-ounce models are tapping the triple crown of speckled trout, redfish and flounder consistently. […]

Brett Preuett skipped a Tube Worm under a dock on the Cane River to catch this large bass. Preuett has been catching bass on the Crème plastic worm for about a year. (Photo courtesy Brett Preuett)

Crème’s Tube Worm

August 6, 2020 Don Shoopman

Crème’s Tube Worm is a plastic worm that floats and “has that tube aspect to it,” a deadly combination, according to Brett Preuett. […]