No matter where you live or what species you target, there’s a bait that will put fish in your boat this spring. Bassmaster Elite Series angler and Rapala pro-staffer Brandon Palaniuk is looking forward to winning tournaments this spring with two baits he’s come to trust from years of use: Rapala DT-4s and Rapala Rippin’ Raps. (LINK to Story) “I’ve got two favorite ways to catch fish in the early spring,” says Palaniuk. “If you’ve got rock and wood, I go with the DT-4, a crankbait that quickly dives to 4-feet and stays in the strike zone on the retrieve longer than nearly any other on the market. If you’ve got a lot of grass and big flats, then I’ll tie on a Rippin Rap to take advantage of that type of structure. Both baits are great for coaxing bites out of finicky fish when the temperatures are still on the colder side.”
While Palaniuk favors crankbaits early in the season, In-Depth Outdoors TV host and Rapala pro-staffer James Holst plans to catch huge walleyes in the early spring weeks with two favorite stickbaits, the Original Floating Rapala and the Rapala Husky Jerk.
“Stickbaits are one the best early-season baits going,” he says. “They fish well shallow, where most early-season walleye can be found feeding, and an angler can pick up the pace a little in search mode.”
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