Long before the arrival of technically honed topwater baits sporting glass rattles and ultra-realistic finishes, bass anglers were triggering surface strikes with baits that went by names like Pop-R, ...

The story of what probably is the world's No. 1-fished lure began nearly 80 years ago with a simple observation by Finnish angler Lauri Rapala. In 1936, while fishing the waters of Finland's Lake ...

Joe Babcock, of Manlius, proudly shows a 23-inch, 5.3 pound brown trout he caught on an undisclosed stream in Cortland County on April 5. He said he was using a floating Rapala lure.