Latest Additions and News:
Added a mailing list option to the home page.  

RR'er forum added under the TIPS & FAQS section.

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Newest Dealers:

Fishing Tackle Unlimited
12800 Gulf Freeway
Houston, Texas 77034
281-481-6838

For a complete list of dealers click here.

Rockport Rattler - FISH PIC OF THE MONTH AWARD

As a way of saying "Thank You" and to show our appreciation to our customers using the Rockport Rattler jigs we now have a "Fish of the Month" picture page for fish caught on Rockport Rattlers. The winner each month will win a cash award of $25.00 along with $25.00 worth of Rockport Rattler jigs and shipping costs. At the years end we will make a calendar of the "Fish of the Month" pictures available for our customers. Have fun with your fishing and remember to take your camera.  You can send your pictures to Capt. Rex.

January 2007

"With the Rockport Rattler XMAX and a slow sinking soft plastic I caught this 23 1/4" 4.6 lb. trout at the mouth of Highland Bayou. I was reeling in the lure was about ten feet from my kayak. She hit so hard the guy in a yak about a hundred feet away heard it."

TKF Member - Fuzzy

2006 Entries

January 2006

My fishing partner Ryan Alford and I caught this hefty stringer of reds in Freeport, Texas.  We found an area with a swift incoming current and anchored our kayaks near a fork in a channel located on a large mud flat.  We used the 1/8 and 1/4 Rockport Rattlers in red and chartreuse with the wild eyes combined with Norton Bull Minnows in red shad and natural mullet colors.  We would simply cast up into the current and let the tide sweep the Rockport Rattler back toward us.  The water was extremely off color due to the swift incoming tide and I think the rattle really helped these redfish to locate the bait.  The fish on this stringer checked in at 27.5", 27", 26", 26", 24", and 23".  Who says winter fishing is slow?!  Thanks for making a great product Capt. Rex!  Keep up the good work. 

Jason "Crank-B8" Bryant - American Rodsmiths Kayak Team

February 2006

"The Reds are 23" to 27" and the Trout are 18" to 22". They were caught on a Kistler 7'6" rod, and 1/16 oz. Rockport Rattler jigheads."

Capt. Fil "Fishman" Spencer - 2005 Extreme Edge Angler of The Year

March 2006

"Fishing under pier lights on 03/09/06 on Glow Rockport Rattler w/ red eyes and I caught 7 keeper trout that night, one guy caught 0 and the other guy caught 1 keeper trout keeper & I was also the only one with the RR's.

On 03/11/2006 I didn't join the Specktacular Tourney because my brother and I decided not to enter because our Honey hole was going to take the brunt of the Gail force winds. We decided to go fishing anyway and ended up having the best catches in a long time and wouldn't you know this was the big catch of the day and would have won 1st place in the Specktacular Kayak Tourney with 3 trout up to 22". We also caught a few others on your product.

John Hernandez - Houston, TX

April 2006

David has submitted several outstanding pics for the RR FOMA Award, however, I just couldn't leave out the one with his son's smile. :)

"The wind was really ripping and the water was mud colored when I saw a slight swirl on the surface in about 12 inches of water. I thew the RR jighead about 2 feet past the water swirl and on the second twitch BANG the fight was on. This redfish was released minutes after the photo was taken to be caught another day. The little guy with the big smile in the photo is my three year old son who absolutely LOVES redfish. I owe that smile on his face to the Rockport Rattler I was throwing that day. Thanks and keep up the good work!!"

David Haley
"Nueces Bay"
Portland, TX

May 2006

"Didn't get to make it out to the salt this weekend, so i threw the kayak in the truck and headed out to the blanco. got out there and realized i had forgotten my freshwater box. looked in the saltwater box and sitting on top was a package of black head/gold eye RR i had picked up a week ago to give a try. figured what the heck and tied one one and stuck the most freshwater lookin trout killer i had in the bag(limetruese bottom, pumkinseed top, white tail). managed a small LMB very quickly ....

I put a cast towards the bank and gave a couple jigs before it hit the ground only to feel the bite. i set the hook and felt nothing but a log... a log pullin drag. didnt feel like a bass... maybe it was a cat... then it surface and gave a little jump...GAR ON!! didnt give much more a a fight and got him close to the boat for a few shots. i have seen many gar out there, just never seen one on the end of my line. i wish i could have gotten some better pics, but never having caught one, i wasnt sure how to handle one and i was about to learn how to with a big one on my lap. i managed to get him alongside the boat and retrieve the RR and release the big guy. he was about 3 feet and i have no idea on the weight.

I have seen and heard about RR's catchin alot of fish in the salt, and even a few in the fresh, just never heard of one hooking into a gar.

I'll be throwing RR's in the future and sending you some pics of even bigger fish . Thanks for a great product."

Nick Fisseler

June 2006

32" Northern Pike caught in Hayward, Wisconsin on a Black/GoldEye Rockport Rattler by David Haley of Portland, Texas.

July 2006


TEXAS SNOOK 
...caught by Mango Tango from Texas and he reports:

"I was throwing topwaters because it was a good topwater bite. Got into a school of them but they were blowing up but not hooking up. Followed a blowup with this RR & TTK II setup and caught a 21 inch snook on the first cast. 

The second cast to the same spot was this one that went 30 inches."


August 2006

"Caught by Jim Tesch, Sweeny, Texas on a Black/GoldEye 1/8 oz RR and a Texas Roach Killer Flats Minnow. This combination produced the winning red in the 1st Place Texas Slam ( longest trout, red & flounder ) in the final leg of the nationwide field of the 2006 KayakMaster Tourney."

September 2006


"TexasKayakFishing.com member SPECKULATOR from Victoria, Texas caught this nice red and some keeper trout on his family's pier in Copano Bay using a 1/8 oz. Silver/RedEye Rockport Rattler with a Gulp 'Molting' color shrimp rigged on it."

October 2006


"Striped Bass 30" caught on Faun Bar, Winthrop, Massachusetts which is basically Boston Harbor on a 7 1/2" Sluggo and a 1/4 oz. Black/GoldEye Rockport Rattler, by Jeffery Lopez, aka The Riddler www.newenglandkayakfishing.com"

November 2006


"Fritz Hiser took this unique picture of a red, with a mouthful already, feeding on a RR while camping out at Panther Point, San Antonio Bay, Texas."


"This red making its own wake was caught on a Weedless1/4 oz. Black/GoldEye RR QuickLock using a 3" Pearl Gulp Shrimp by Joe Adame, aka TKF member BackwaterDrifter."