Tackle Week 2026: Hot new lures Canadian fish won’t be able to resist, from jigs to jerkbaits

Best predator jig

MANITOBA MULLET

Built on Northland’s popular Smeltinator jig head, this beast boasts a large tuft of synthetic hair—plus some flash and a few feathers—wrapped around an ultra-strong hook with a treble stinger. Whether cast and retrieved or jigged vertically, the bait breathes and undulates, ringing the dinner bell for monster lakers, pike and muskies. It comes in four colours and ¾- or one-ounce sizes.

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