Tackle Week 2025: The year’s best new lures, including soft-plastics, jigs, jerkbaits, spoons & more

Best Multispecies Soft-Plastic

MOOCH MINNOW

While testing Rapala’s Crush City Mooch Minnows last year, I caught countless fish. In fact, I boated more than 100 fish using just one bait over several outings, and it still looked like new—these soft-plastics are just that effective and durable. Fashioned from Rapala’s tough TPE material, the 3½-inch minnows are also infused with salt and scent, making them better than live bait. They come six to a pack, and in 20 colours.

Learn more: www.rapala.ca