We don't just paint these spoons — we fish them. Here's what they catch and the colors that did it.
🔥 New for This Season: Tiger Kang UV Glow
If there's one color to add to your box before the season kicks off, it's Tiger Kang UV Glow. Bold, aggressive, and loaded with UV glow technology that charges fast and stays lit deep in the water column. Tiger Kang is built for the low-light windows — pre-dawn harbor jigging, dusk runs on the pier, and ice fishing when the bite turns on. This is the color we're most excited about heading into the season. Get it before everyone else does.
Available in 3/4 oz, 1.25 oz, and 2 oz.
The Blue/Green Natural: The Universal Killer
If there's one color that shows up in catch photo after catch photo, it's the blue/green natural baitfish pattern. Steelhead ("Steelie Dan") in the net on a Great Lakes boat. King salmon on Codsmack. Spanish mackerel on a coastal dock. The same color family, the same result — a natural baitfish imitation that works everywhere alewife, smelt, or mackerel are on the menu.
Ice Nine Gills UV 1.25 oz and Ice Nine Gills UV 2 oz — icy blue and silver for clear water Chinook and lake trout. Fleetwood Mackerel UV 1.25 oz and Fleetwood Mackerel UV 2 oz — blue-green mackerel for coastal species and open water salmon. Codsmack UV 2 oz — the king salmon closer. When fish are keying on baitfish and the water is clear, go natural.
The Pink/Orange at Sunset: Big Chinook on the Boat
That's a Great Lakes Chinook salmon — a big one — taken at golden hour on a pink/orange spoon from a boat on open water. This is Shrimp Bizkit UV territory. Pink and orange mimics freshwater shrimp and invertebrates, and it's a proven Great Lakes combination for pressured fish that have seen every blue and silver spoon in the box. Natural enough to fool them, bright enough to get noticed at depth.
Dawn and dusk are when the UV finish earns its keep. The low light amplifies the color and fish that have been ignoring lures all day suddenly can't leave it alone.
Fall Trout Boy: The Multi-Species Fall Hammer
2 king salmon, 3 brown trout, and lake trout. That's the Fall Trout Boy resume. When the leaves turn and fish start staging, this is the color that covers everything — kings moving into harbors, browns prowling the beach, lakers going deep. One color, one box, all fall. Available in 3/4 oz, 1.25 oz, and 2 oz.
Whitefish Stripes: Great Lakes to the Coast
Built for Great Lakes whitefish and salmon, but proven on fluke and flounder too. The natural silver and white UV glow finish mimics dying baitfish in any water — Great Lakes or coastal. If you're heading to the coast this summer, throw a Whitefish Stripes UV Glow and see what shows up. Available in 3/4 oz, 1.25 oz, and 2 oz.
Coastal Bonus: Spanish Mackerel on the Dock
RMA jigging spoons aren't just Great Lakes tools. The same blue/green natural baitfish colors that catch kings and steelhead in Michigan harbors absolutely crush Spanish mackerel on coastal docks. Cast it out, let it sink, work it with a lift-drop cadence — the technique is identical. If you're heading to the coast, throw a jigging spoon. The 1.25 oz and 2 oz sizes cover serious distance on a long cast.
Choosing the Right Color
- 🔥 NEW — UV Glow (Tiger Kang UV Glow) — The hot color for this season. Pre-dawn, dusk, night jigging, ice fishing. Charges fast, stays lit deep in the water column.
- Blue/green natural (Ice Nine Gills, Fleetwood Mackerel, Codsmack) — Clear water, bright conditions, fish keying on baitfish. Great Lakes kings, steelhead, lake trout, coastal mackerel.
- Pink/orange (Shrimp Bizkit) — Dawn and dusk, open water, pressured fish. Chinook salmon, coho, steelhead.
- Gold (Yellowcarp UV) — Stained water, low light, walleye. Gold is one of the most productive colors in Great Lakes vertical jigging — don't overlook it.
- Fall multi-species (Fall Trout Boy UV) — 2 kings, 3 brown trout, and lake trout don't lie. This is the fall color. Kings staging in harbors, browns on the beach, lakers going deep.
- Natural silver/white (Whitefish Stripes UV Glow) — Built for whitefish and Great Lakes salmon, but proven on fluke and flounder too.
- Dark silhouette (Bass Sabbath, Lamprey of God, Sturgeon Simpson) — Deep water, big fish, bold profile. Lake trout and trophy Chinook.
Choosing the Right Weight
- 3/4 oz — Shallower harbors, piers, tributary mouths. Steelhead, whitefish, walleye.
- 1.25 oz — The workhorse. Deep water vertical jigging, strong current, shore casting. Salmon, lake trout, steelhead.
- 2 oz — Distance and depth. Long shore casts, deep harbor jigging, trophy fish. 4X strong treble hooks.
Shop the Full RMA Jigging Spoon Lineup
All RMA jigging spoons are hand-painted in Michigan with textured scale and gill detail, rigged with heavy-duty hooks, and built for Great Lakes performance. Every color in the lineup has been fished and proven.
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