The Rage Pro Team
The RAGE Pro Team is made-up of some of Europe’s finest predator anglers. These guys are right at the top of their game and are responsible for the development and testing of all Fox RAGE products.Dietmar Isaiasch |
Articles by Dietmar Isaiasch |
 Dietmar Isaiasch was born in 1968 and started his angling career as matchman. His extraordinary talent was recognized early on in the junior section of the Recklinghausen Angling Club and he went on to win many national and international titles. Dietmar considers his greatest honour to date as winning the first Predator Team World Championships in France in 2002 where he fished with his wife, Carmen.
Dietmar has fished extensively for pike, zander, perch and other predators for more than 25 years encompassing all techniques from both boat and shore and he started his career writing for the German angling journal Rute & Rolle; later he became co-founder and chief editor for Der Raubfisch and the Dutch journal De Roofvis. For the past ten years Dietmar has lived with his wife in the Netherlands and currently writes for 15 different angling journals all over the world. His product development skills have resulted in the creation of many unique lure patterns resulting in him being appointed in 2009 as Fox’s European Predator Manager, responsible for the Fox RAGE range. His trophy catches to date include: pike, 127 cm (20 kg); zander, 107 cm (15 kg) and perch, 54 cm (3 kg) |
| Roel Trum |
Articles by Roel Trum |
 A lure angler with heart and soul Roel loves fishing, nature and taking photographs. He has been known for many years in the Dutch pike scene, especially via the Metersnoeken.nl website where he has attracted constant attention due to his dream catches.
Roel is an exceptional angler with an incredible expert knowledge that he puts to use at Stekelenburg Hengelsport in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands where he works as head of the predator range. Roel was born in the Limburg region and is a truly passionate and modest predator angler as anyone who has fished with him will tell you. His trophy catches to date are: pike, 128 cm; zander, 99 cm and perch, 51 cm |
Eckehard Götze |
Articles by Eckehard Götze |
 ‘Ecky’, as he is known to his friends, started fishing at eight years of age and has developed into a highly experienced and passionate angler with a big fish instinct. He loves the freedom and feeling of being at one with nature that fishing gives him and he pursues fish with a vengence!
The all round angler from the Ruhrgebiet region in Germany has fished for everything but for many years his greatest passion has been predator fishing and he loves the versatility of this branch of the sport. He developed his angling skills on very diverse waters from flowing venues such as the big River Rhine to uncountable gravel pits, many big waters in the Netherlands and the Skerry waters in Sweden. Apart from his numerous trophy catches Ecky also became famous for winning the 2003 European Pike Angling Championship title in Vastervik, Sweden and he made a profession out of his passion and since 2000 has run a prestigious angling store in Krefeld, Germany where his many clients benefit from his experience and professional advice. As Ecky himself says, “Where else can you infect other people with the same enthusiasm and pass on your joy of fishing and nature than in a specialist shop!” His trophy catches to date include: pike, 126 cm (17.5 kg); zander, 97 cm (10 kg), perch, 57 cm (3.25 kg) and chub, 75 cm (3.75 kg) |
| Markus Kleen |
Articles by Markus Kleen |
 The ‘fusspot’ of the Fox RAGE team Markus often experiments with lures and he loves to test any new bait before he puts it on his line. He is, therefore, an essential team member who is not only especially innovative but also extremely critical.
Markus was born in Ulm in southern Germany and fishes at least two days per week, from the shore as well as from the boat. He puts his experience into the Elchinger Angelcenter where he has been responsible for the whole lure range for a number of years. His trophy catches to date include: pike, 125 cm; zander, 98 cm; perch, 53 cm and catfish, 230 cm |
| Ralf Klement |
Articles by Ralf Klement |
 Ralf is a real all-rounder who loves experimenting and catching all kinds of fish at all kinds of waters and it doesn’t matter whether it’s a small gravel pit or the Ebro reservoir Ralf has a natural instinct to catch fish!
Shads and twisters are on top of his list of favorite baits and whether he is casting or vertical jigging Ralf has perfect control over soft baits and catches consistently. His trophy catches to date include: pike, 127 cm; zander, 94 cm; perch, 51 cm and catfish, 231 cm |
| Udo Krzikawski |
Articles by Udo Krzikawski |
 The likeable man from Bremen, Germany virtually lives on the river Weser. He has loved lure fishing with a passion for many years from and has caught huge numbers of pike, zander, perch and sea trout from both shore and boat. When he is not at the water he gives professional talks and angling seminars about Dropshot and vertical fishing and his motto is: “Nothing is impossible!”
His trophy catches to date include: pike, 120 cm; zander, 94 cm and perch, 51 cm |
| Rocco Udewenz |
Articles by Rocco Udewenz |
 A member of the Fox RAGE team who has fished many waters for a variety of fish including exotic Nile perch, River Ebro zander, monster catfish and fat Bodden pike. Rocco has outsmarted all of these species and more with his lures and his best lure fishing day with two people in the boat was 129 zander!
Rocco became passionate for angling at a very early age and since the age of six it has been difficult to keep him away from the water; since he got his new High-Tech boat this has got even worse! Rocco is responsible for the entire predator range at VF-Angelsport in Cottbus, Germany. His trophy catches to date: pike, 130 cm; zander, 89 cm; perch, 51 cm; catfish, 236 cm and Nile perch, 55 kg |
Fred de Greef |
Articles by Fred de Greef |
 Fred, together with his best friend "JMB", is the backbone of the Belgian team. Both lure anglers are real freaks and love competing in the professional predator competitions in Belgium, the Netherlands and France.
Fred is also a team member of Humminbird, Minnkota and Scotty! The laid back but very professional Belgian always gives 100 percent and experiments a lot with different kinds of lures to keep ahead of the game in competitions. His kind character and his watercraft make him unique. His trophy catches include: pike, 113cm; zander, 93cm; perch, 50cm and catfish, 218cm |
| Jean-marc Brison |
Articles by Jean-marc Brison |
 Known to his friends as “JMB” Jean-marc is 42 years old and comes from Fleurus in the Walloon region of Belgium.
A passionate angler since he was five years old JMB was inspired by his father and started his fishing on small trout streams and then the River Meuse before becoming inspired by the challenge of predator fishing. JMB has now devoted himself to the pursuit of predators for some 20 years with perch and zander particular favourites. He particularly loves the unique challenge of lure fishing for zander, which requires constant refinement of technique to keep in touch with the changing moods of the species. For ten years JMB has fished with a small group of like-minded friends under the www.zanderfishingteam.be banner and together they have not only fished their local region but also throughout Holland, Spain, France and Sweden. JMB teams up with fellow Rage Team member Fred De Greef to fish various competitions including the NKS where they gained a podium place in 2009. Rather refreshingly JMB views competitions not just as a chance to compete and win but places to meet, exchange information and evolve his passion! His trophy catches to date include: zander, 93cm; pike, 1.08m; perch, 52.5 cm and asp 72cm |
| Felix Emig |
Articles by Felix Emig |
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Arnaud Mahut |
Articles by Arnaud Mahut |
 Arnaud lives in France in the region of Aveyron, in the South of the Massif Central. It is his father who passed on to him his passion for fishing from the age of 4 years. At 31 years old, "Nono" as he is know to his friends, turned his passion into his job and feels lucky to work as a river Technician and fishing guide within the Fishing Federation of Aveyron. A Regular author in the magazine "Planète Carnassiers", he likes fishing for all predators, with however a preference for zander and perch with drop-shot and vertical methods.
Having been lucky enough to go fishing several times in Canada and Ireland, he practises almost only lure fishing for the versatility and the multiple possibilities that it offers. With his job, Arnaud is lucky to be able to pass on his passion and his knowledge every year, in particular to numerous children. For him, notions of sharing and respect for nature and fish are inseparable from his passion for fishing. His personal best to date are: pike, 100 cm; zander, 88 cm; Perch, 52 cm; Black-bass, 52 cm |
Roland Steinberger |
Articles by Roland Steinberger |
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Niclas Sjöblom |
Articles by Niclas Sjöblom |
 My trophy catches to date include: pike, 124 cm (13.5kg); zander, 92 cm (7.6 kg) |
| Sebastiaan Verkerk |
Articles by Sebastiaan Verkerk |
 Sebastiaan Verkerk lives on the water in Utrecht, it's placed in the watery center of the Netherlands. Therefore he is close to his beloved element the water.
Most of his fishing time is spent fishing with dead baits. Active or static from bank or boat. He is constantly trying to improve his fishing. Therefore he looks at al the small bits and pieces that can be improved and will leads the way to more success. For this improvement he will not only be looking at techniques and tackle from the predator corner, but doesn’t hesitate to look further on other fishing disciplines. Trolling with lures is his second love within his pike fishing. Therefore he also visits his beloved Sweden, where he can troll the big lakes. Pike has always been his number one, alto lately perch and zander have found his renew intension. Before I joint the FOX team, I was already a devoted user of the many high quality products that were created by the development team of FOX. |