Rapala By The Numbers

I don’t think I have met another fisherman that doesn’t have a Rapala lure in their tackle box. Its hard to beat a lure company with this much history of catching big fish!

Toronto Islands Pike Opener 2011

If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, you’ve probably read countless stories and reports from the Toronto Islands during pike season. Well, the season is upon us again my friends and I was lucky enough to get out early on opening day (saturday) and fish with Ed F in his brand spanking new Lund boat docked on the islands. We were on the water before 9 and hitting pike before 9:30. It was a truly amazing start to the season and I look forward to what should be an amazing fishing year!

This was a “trip of firsts”- the first pike fishing day of the year on the islands, my first fish landed this year, which was also the first fish landed in Ed’s new boat, and also the first fish I caught on a swimbait (a reaction strike slow sink Revolution Shad). That’s a lot of firsts for one fish! Even though swimbaits were working really well for me best lure of the day was still the Rapala Glidin’ Rap.

Also, we’re thinking about putting together a small gathering on the islands for all of our local readers so register for our forums and get involved! More photos from my trip after the break- all photos credited to Ed F.

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Rapala Pro Bass Fishing’s Biggest Fish

If you’ve played Rapala Pro Bass Fishing, you know there are some big fish to be caught. None however, are bigger then this one!

Fishing Gift Ideas 2010 – Rapala Pro Bass Fishing

If you like to hibernate during the winter and need a fun way to spend time waiting for the ice to melt, Rapala Pro Bass Fishing will no doubt get the job done. If you have spent any amount of time on our site recently, you know just how much we love this game. This is our top fishing video game pick of 2010, hands down.

Available on PSP, PS2, PS3, XBOX 360 and Wii for around $40.

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Couch Fishing

Looks like I finally have something to do with my old futon next spring!

Rapala Pro Bass Fishing 2010 For Xbox 360 Reviewed!

You’ve waited long enough- here it is! The official Fishing Fury review of Rapala Pro Bass Fishing 2010 for the 360!

The road to creating a great fishing video game is very difficult, which is probably why there are so many bad fishing games out there. Trying to please fishermen and gamers alike is even more difficult. Today’s gamers demand more than ever in terms of graphics and entertaining gameplay while fishermen want an game style that feels like fishing. A good fishing game doesn’t have to capture every aspect of fishing, it only has to capture the rush you feel when you’re fishing.

Rapala and Activision have teamed up to combine their respective fields of expertise into an entertaining and immersive video game for every major gaming console (PS2, PS3, 360, Wii) and handheld (PSP, DS, iPhone/iTouch/iPad). Unfortunately I can’t review the game for every platform, though I may pick up the iPhone version later. I was however lucky enough to receive Rapala Pro Bass Fishing for the 360, complete with the full motion fishing rod controller, and since I was home sick with the flu it provided the perfect opportunity to really sit down and grind some lakes.

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