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Chuck and Cover with Megabass of America's Grenade
In our continuing series that is the L.O.U.S. (lures of unusual size), Megabass of America enters the fray with an obscenely large, shallow running squarebill. What type of explosive action can this largely JDM manufacturer bring to the table? Let's find out in our review of the Megabass Grenade! |
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The Original TroutGlider - The Glide Bait for Millennials
Earlier, this year, while
surfing Facebook, we caught an ad (yes, Facebook ads do work) for a bait that
intrigued us. Dubbed "The Original TroutGlider", we purchased a couple for a
closer look. Here's what we found... |
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The Difficult to Rip Spro McStick 110
If BASS Elite Series Pro Mike McClelland has a signature technique it has to be the rip bait, and naturally a pro of his stature must have a signature bait to match his signature technique. For McClelland it all goes back to the original Spro McStick now referred to as the McStick
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Double the Blades, Double the Buzz? Picasso's BuzzSaw Buzzbait!
If there's one technique on the California Delta that never gets old, it's throwing a buzzbait. Up until now, I've been a proponent of the traditional, single bladed buzzbaits, but a couple of years ago Matt Newman, owner of iRods, turned me onto a double buzzer he helped design for Picasso baits. Here now is our look at Picasso's BuzzSaw double bladed buzzbait. |
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Big Bite's Latest Addition to Their Squad : The Suicide Shad
Soft bodied, paddle tail swimbaits have become a staple of the bass angler's tackle box. It began with the Basstrix hollow body craze over ten years ago and there was a revival when the umbrella rig exploded onto the scene roughly five years ago. Today, we take a look at Big Bite Bait's interpretation of this classic bait. Here is their Suicide Shad. |
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Molix's 3 Dimensional Lover Spinnerbait Designed by Mike Iaconelli
Molix's new Mike
Iaconelli Lover Spinnerbait features three willow leaf blades, but what makes it
interesting isn't the fact it has three blades. It's how these blades are
configured that make the bait standout. |
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Seaspin USA Enters the Market with the Bruko, a Soft Plastic Stick Bait
The retail battlefield over soft plastic baits
is real. There are countless worms, craws, creatures, lizards from which to
choose: scented plastics, no-scent plastics, plastics infused with salt, hand
pours, machine pours, even plastics firm and soft. Well, you get the idea... |
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Megabass's MagDraft Soft Bodied Swimbait
Megabass is spitting out baits and new
iterations of baits faster than we can keep up. Case in point? The MagDraft is a
bait Megabass introduced just two to three years ago and last year at ICAST,
they introduced a new bait with the same basic profile, but with a different
action in the MagSlow. So before we can check out latter, we need to finish up
with the former. |
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Crank It Up : Spro's John Crews Little John 50
If there's one genre of
crankbait I like to throw the most, it has to be a shallow runner like the
squarebill or flat sided crank. Running the banks, firing at visible targets and
cranking in shallow water is therapy for those of us with short attention spans. |
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Rapala's Shadow Rap Sequel - the Shad
Early in 2016 we shared with you an exciting new rip bait from Rapala USA, the Shadow Rap. A few months after we published that review, Rapala announced their new Shadow Rap Shad. A bait with the same spirit as the original only with a shad profile instead of a minnow and a slightly different swimming action. How different is this bait? Let's take a look.
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What Makes Molix's SS Shad a Special Swimmer?
Paddle tail swimbaits are by now, quite
ubiquitous. Just about every soft bait manufacturer of any size has their
interpretation of this staple. Some have more than one or even two! So how can a
manufacturer with their sights set on bringing their own version to market
distinguish themselves from the masses? |
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Respect YoDaddy, Big Bite Bait's Surprising Little Creature Bait
BASS Elite Series pro Russ Lane is a veteran of the tour and knows, as any other veteran does, that you have to have a solid flipping, pitching, punching game if you're going to survive. Today, we take a look at his signature series flipping, pitching, punching bait by Big Bite Baits, the YoDaddy. |
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Crank It Up! : Storm's Arashi Squarebill Crank
Several years ago, Storm put their name back in the minds of bass anglers with the debut of their new Arashi line of baits. Headlining this debut was their new squarebill featuring a self tuning line tie eliminating the need to dial in your bait now and then to be sure it was swimming true. Here now, finally is our look at the Arashi Squarebill Crankbait.
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An Easier to Fish Schooling Bait -
The PDL Rig
The problem with most A-Rigs is that they require more setup time,
take extra effort to fish, and are even banned from most tournaments. A company
from Spain, Longas Baits, has created an innovative new take on the bait-ball
concept with a new hybrid style swimbait called the PDL rig. |
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Creature Fever : Huddleston's Huddlebug
Rarely does a manufacturer's name become
synonymous with a single one of their products, but when you speak the name,
"Huddleston" in bass fishing circles, any bass angler worth the salt in their
Senko is going to think of an eight (8) inch soft plastic trout swimbait, but
did you know they also make a crawfish imitator bait? |
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A Better Jig? NuTech's
Lures are Designed Not to Hang Up
NuTech didn't take the easy route to create differentiated jigs, and
turned to physics to create their lineup of signature baits, which are designed
to resist snags better so you can put the jigs right over the structure, in
front of more fish, with the goal of driving more strikes. |
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Looking Lively! Live Target's
Threadfin Shad Swimbait
My local waters
don't contain any true lunkers, so fishing smaller swimbaits really has a lot of
appeal. Speaking of appeal, Live Target's new line of swimbaits has a ton of it.
These are offered up in a variety of forage imitations, one of them being my
usual favorite: the threadfin shad. As many anglers know, looks are one thing
and performance can be another...
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Fishing Jigz with the Z Man
BatwingZ Trailers
Jigs
are one of my absolute favorite baits to throw. I've paired my jigs up with
several types of trailers over the years, but they don't always last very long
or stay on the hook very well. From a durability standpoint, the Z Man BatwingZ
trailers look like they should have no problems withstanding a lot of abuse. I
grabbed some new jigs and a bag of these trailers and hit the water to find out
for myself!
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Stay On Top With Storm's Arashi
Top Walker
I've certainly
wasted money ordering unfamiliar baits in the past only to be disappointed by
their on-the-water performance. Storm's Arashi Top Walker was one of these
new-to-me baits, and it was one that I was eager to put to the test. How could I
not get excited about testing a surface bait?! |
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Gear Up With the 3D Shine Glide From Savage Gear
With
their unique actions, glide baits have really caught fire in recent years and
are responsible for some pretty epic days of bass fishing. While the 3D Shine
Glide looks outstanding at first glance, we set out to see if it's truly worthy
of taking up real estate in your tackle box! |
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Topwater Action with the Live
Target Sunfish
As someone who
loves throwing frog-style baits, the Live Target Sunfish series of baits really
caught my attention. Although these are topwater
sunfish imitators, they can be used just like one of my favorite offerings—the
hollow-body frog. That's a great thing! |
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Does One Plus
One Equal More than Two? Meet the Lunkerhunt "Link"
Lunkerhunt has long been known for their realistic looking lures and this
ICAST the company is blending that ultra-realistic design with some good old
fashioned innovation. Meet the dual bodied "Link" Series which features two
lures connected together to create a unique fish attracting topwater action. |
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Now that is
Savage, Duck is on the Menu for Bass and Pike
First a 3D Rat and now a 3D duck?! After 24 hours Savage Gear agreed to
not only show us but give us a test drive of their new bait which will not
officially debut until ICAST later this Summer. This new topwater lure features
a combination of design elements that come together to mimic a fleeing duckling. |
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The Most
Realistic Rat Yet? A First Look at Savage Gear's 3D Rat
Mike Bennett, Product Manager, at Savage Gear USA has been hard at work
bringing new designs specifically created for the US market. This evening at a
media event at Marco Island, Florida the topic of big baits came up and he
disappeared from the table only to return with a new prototype bait that is set
to debut this coming ICAST. |
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Rapala's 2016 BASSMASTER Classic Introductions
More and more manufacturers are taking advantage of the huge consumer crowds at the BASSMASTER Classic by making new product introductions to spark the new fishing season. This year, Rapala shared their plans with us by sending in samples of some new colors for their Shadow Rap (last year's introduction), and one sample of their brand new bait. |
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Imitate Big Forage with the Damiki
Gizzard Shad
Damiki's Gizzard
Shad is a supercharged version of a standard-looking fluke-like soft jerkbait.
It utilizes a totally different design and shape in hopes of increasing your
catch rates. |
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Evergreen International's Call to the Amazon
Evergreen International's Amazon is an oversized cigar type topwater bait measuring six inches in length. It is a plastic bait with very intricate finishes and a fair amount of detailing around the bait's head. It comes with relatively stout hardware and each of our baits were very well crafted.
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Tie One On, Toss It Out and S-Crank It Up!
Introduced
by Megabass of America early in 2015 - the S-Crank is a bait developed through
the manufacturer's STW initiative and a bait we tried to keep under wraps, but
our collective conscience has finally gotten the better of us. Here now are our
findings on this exciting new square bill crank from Megabass of America. |
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Rapping in the Shadows with Rapala
There are few baits that excite our editorial staff more than the debut of a new rip bait. This technique is one of our favorite methods of catching those green, brown, and striped fish we pursue each year. Early in 2015, Rapala debuted their new take on this classic bait with the Shadow Rap and now finally, here is our take on this promising little new bait from Rapala.
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Evergreen International's Pencil Popper - the Shower Blows
More commonly associated with fish of much larger stature, the topwater pencil popper has firmly entrenched itself into the arsenal of topwater bass fishermen. The versatility of these popping, walking, and spitting baits just makes too much sense and as we've come to find out, largemouth bass do not shy away from big baits whether they be on top, midwater,
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Duo Realis Joins the L.O.U.S. Movement
Our next entry to the L.O.U.S. (lures of unusual size) series of crankbait reviews is a product from upstart Duo Realis. This company is as aggressive and cutting edge as they come where baits are concerned and their L.O.U.S. deep diving bait entry is no exception. Here now is our look at the G87 20A deep diving crank from Duo Realis. |
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6th Sense Crushing it in the DD Category
Today, we look at a bait that sits on the border of being an L.O.U.S.
(lures of unusual size) and just plain large. 6th Sense is not as well known a manufacturer as the previous two, but their not-so-little 500D deep diving crank is catching a lot of fish for those in the know.
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Project Prometheus Catches
Fire with the DUO Onimasu Swimbait
US Anglers have always had a soft spot for premium
Japanese lures and DUO answered the call with both unique designs and high
quality construction. Now on the opposite end of the tiny DUO Spinbait Series
the company has finally introduced an eagerly anticipated “S-Curve” swim action
single jointed swimbait, originally codenamed the Prometheus Project, the new
big bait has been officially introduced as the “Onimasu.” |
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Taking a Walk with Spro's Aruku Shad
The product arsenal this next manufacturer is vast. From finesse style jerkbaits like the McStick 95 on up to their BBZ-1 swimbaits over to their topwater frog baits like the Bronzeye Shad, Spro makes a lot of popular, high quality baits. The subject of today's review is no different. Here's our look at Spro's Aruku Shad lipless crank!
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Product Reviewed |
Date Posted |
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Jackall’s
Gantarel Effectively Mimics Bluegill and Panfish |
11/11/15 |
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Kickin'
and Swimmin' With the Shockwave From Missile Baits |
10/25/15 |
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Is the Smaller Vibration X Worthy of Its "Jr." Title? |
10/21/15 |
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Bring
Up the Lunkers With Gan Craft's S-Caper Topwater |
10/15/15 |
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Syncing Up with the Original : Bill Lewis's Rat-L-Trap |
10/8/15 |
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Shake, Rattle, and Shimmy with Lucky Craft's RTO-Crank |
9/27/15 |
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Creating a RUCKUS With Fresh New Designs, River2Sea |
9/1/15 |
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Jackall Prepares to
Launch New Hard and Softbaits at ICAST 2015 |
7/9/15 |
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6th Sense's Snatch X/FRS Lipless Crank |
6/10/15 |
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Swimming Heads : Strike King's Red Eye Shad |
5/27/15 |
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It's Name Is... Mini-Me, by S.O.B. & SpotstickerBaits |
5/16/15 |
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Cashing in on the Pencil Popper with
"The One" from Paycheck Baits |
4/19/15 |
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Delta Wood Bombers Enters the Bait Frey with Sinister |
4/16/15 |
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Hunting
for a Big Bite with the Lunkerhunt Swim Bento |
4/8/15 |
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ProducTTpreview: The Highly
Configurable DRT Klash Swimbait |
4/5/15 |
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Get
Your Bass Fix With DUO's Realis Vibration 68 G-Fix Crankbaits |
3/10/15 |
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Strike King Hits the TT Jackpot with their 10XD Crank! |
1/18/15 |
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Topwater Action with the Multi-Talented Jackall Binksy |
1/14/15 |
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Acting on a Wild Hunch with Evergreen International |
1/4/15 |
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The L-O-U-S SKT Magnum from Lucky Craft |
12/25/14 |
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Wintertime Bass Fishing with the Live Target Crappie
Lipless Cranks |
11/23/14 |
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Move
More Water with the PR-Labs Venom |
10/29/14 |
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Imperfectly
Perfect, the Little Creeper All American Sunfish |
10/22/14 |
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Power
Up With Gary Yamamoto Chikara Crankbaits |
9/30/14 |
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Goin' for a Walk with the Jackall Iobee
Frog |
9/2/14 |
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Creature Fever: Gettin' Crazy With the Yamamoto PsychoDad! |
5/11/14 |
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It's
What's on the Inside That Counts: The BX Swimmer From Rapala |
4/28/14 |
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Small in Size, Big in Stature, Bull Shad Swimbats' New Balsa Bull! |
4/23/14 |
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Glide Week : Art in Action, the Roman Made Mother |
4/13/14 |
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Glide Week : The Perfect Sliding Storm |
4/10/14 |
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Glide Week : Shhh... Don't Tell Anyone But Have You... |
4/9/14 |
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Glide Week : ABT Lures Squeezes In With the Suicide |
4/8/14 |
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Glide Week : The Lumbering Limberlamber |
4/7/14 |
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Glide Week : Riding the S-Wave! |
4/6/14 |
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Jackall takes aim at Spybaiting with the
iProp 75 |
2/22/14 |
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Beyond
Spybaiting: DUO Realis Jerkbait 100SP |
2/12/14 |
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Thru and Thru, Savage Gear's New Trout Inspires Confidence |
1/19/14 |
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Silent
but Deadly: The Molix SB Crank 55 Silent |
12/23/13 |
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The Easy Cranking, Deep Diving Megabass Deep Six |
2/2/14 |
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FW Installment #4 : A Frog by Any Other Color is Still a Frog |
9/18/13 |
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FW Installment #3 : What's a Shrog? |
9/15/13 |
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FW Installment #2 : Twitch, Pop, n Lockin' Frogs |
9/9/13 |
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Frog Week (FW) Installment #1 : Standard Designs with a Twist |
9/8/13 |
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LureFans USA Breathing New Life into Saturated Market |
7/8/13 |
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Creature Fever: The Zoom Super
Hog Is A New Take On An Old Favorite |
6/21/13 |
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Careful, It Might Bite You, Evergreen's One's Bug |
4/27/13 |
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Creature Fever : It Really Is "Da-Bomb"! |
5/27/13 |
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Creating a Buzz with the Big Bite Baits Buzzing Warmouth |
5/5/13 |
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Roman Made's Trick to Get Our Enthusiast Meter Moving |
5/12/13 |
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This Roboworm is PHAT! |
5/1/13 |
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Shallow
Crankin' With the ABT X-2 Square Bill |
4/11/13 |
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Simple
yet Deadly Effective, the Savage Gear Sandeel |
3/31/13 |
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Product Insight: Megabass's Blueprint of Success - The Vision OneTen |
3/11/13 |
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ProducTTPreview :
Got'Em Coach Real Gillz Swimbaits Bring the Detail to Design |
3/13/13 |
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Creature Fever: Getting serious with the Power Team Diesel
Craw |
2/6/13 |
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Double Trouble: River2Sea Twin Vibe 65 |
1/20/13 |
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Creature Fever: Causing Havoc with the Berkley Hawk Hawg |
1/9/13 |
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Creature Fever: One Strong Crawfish, the Z-Man Flappin Crawz |
12/4/12 |
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Megabass Does it Again with the Vision OneTen FX and More for 2013 |
11/26/12 |
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Roman Made Prepares to Introduce New Patterns
Designed Specifically for the US Market |
11/28/12 |
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Zerek’s
Sabre Dance Jerkbait Cuts through the Water and Price Barriers |
11/7/12 |
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Creature Fever : D&M’s
Flippin Craw, Power and Finesse? |
10/7/12 |
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Creature Fever : Getting Sweet and Kinky with Reaction Innovations |
9/30/12 |
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Creature Fever : Shhhh.. Can You Keep a Secret? |
9/26/12 |
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The
“Prologue” to this Worm’s Story Starts with Choices |
9/23/12 |
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Kickin' It with Evergreen's Frog Bait |
8/26/12 |
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Creature Fever: The Yamamoto Hula
Swimmer is a short skirted enticer! |
8/22/12 |
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Creature Feature : The Alien Meets Doctor Octopus! |
1/19/14 |
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Biggie, Biggie, Biggie,
Your Lures Hook Me… |
8/8/12 |
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Amazon Certified : KLures Peacock Ripper! |
8/6/12 |
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Son of a Mother, the Roman Made
Negotiator Swimbait |
6/6/12 |
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Creature Feature : Getting Squirrely With Big Bite Baits |
5/25/12 |
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ProducTTPreview : Robo's 4.25 Robo Minnow & a Quantum Sneak Peak |
5/2/12 |
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Ko-Man-Chi’s
Serves up a Second Generation Soft Wire Spinnerbait, the Platinum Composite |
4/29/12 |
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Creature Fever:
Wave Worms Tiki Stick Goes Pro and Gets Heavier and Softer |
4/15/12 |
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What the Stubby?!? : 22nd Century's Bulkier TripleTrout |
2/26/12 |
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Evolve Releases an
Assortment of New Baits |
2/15/12 |
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Fishing the Perfect Storm? Use the Right Tackle |
2/5/11 |
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Fishing the Perfect Storm? Don't Forget Your Umbrella - Rig |
1/31/12 |
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Cute and Deadly,
the BBZ-1 Baby Shad Imitates Baitfish |
1/14/12 |
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Creature Fever:
The Death Spiral of the Power Tackle Lateral Perch |
1/3/12 |
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The ABT Banshee Screams for Attention |
12/14/11 |
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Advantage
Spinnerbaits offers a “flashy” alternative |
12/3/11 |
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"A-Wadda" New Colors and Configurations from TnT Baits |
11/20/11 |
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Dad, Jr., +1 ... New Baits from Megabass |
11/16/11 |
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What the..
Finessing Peacocks? Yes, with the Caribe Jig |
11/5/11 |
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Fortifying the Arsenal : Bass Patrol's New Color Options |
10/26/11 |
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What the... Finesse Jigs? : Damiki's TG Tungsten Micro Jig |
10/25/11 |
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Man It's a Hot One, Like Nine Inches : Rago Bait's Smoothie |
10/9/11 |
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The
CL8 Bluegill & Crappie are More than Just a Swimbait for the Spawn |
10/2/11 |
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Jig, Wobble, and Roll with the Jigwobbler |
9/25/11 |
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The Elusive 22nd Century Bluegill Bait |
9/12/11 |
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Kickin' It With Tylure's Sunfish |
9/3/11 |
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"It's a Beautiful ..." Bait : Mattlure's U2 |
8/27/11 |
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Snack Time Anyone? JSJ's Snack Size Gill |
8/18/11 |
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Let the Revolution Begin : An Upgraded, Rebranded Spinnerbait by RMD |
8/14/11 |
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The Fix is In : Lucky Craft's Real California Supreme 200 - Round 2 |
6/24/11 |
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Fish Quietly and Throw a Big Stik |
6/12/11 |
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River2Sea's
Dahlberg Diver Frog Kicks Bass |
6/5/11 |
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Putting the Screws to Pressured Fish : GanCraft's Screw Bait |
6/1/11 |
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One Fisherman's Trash is Another's Hot New Bait |
5/18/11 |
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ABT Introduces
“Next Generation” Banshee Swimbait |
5/17/11 |
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Never Judge a Book
by its Cover, the unassuming Jackall Crosstail Shad
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4/24/11 |
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TackleTrends from Japan : Subsurface Prop Baits |
4/12/11 |
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WTF!! A Big Bait Side Dish : BaitSmith's 5" Shad |
4/11/11 |
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Huddleston Continues to Innovate : The Weedless Trout |
3/17/11 |
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Mattlures Does It Again, This Time For Tournament Anglers |
3/14/11 |
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Decoy Swimbait's HydraTail : Size Just Right - To Be Eaten! |
2/22/11 |
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New Pro-Designed Berkley HAVOC Baits
debut at the Bassmaster Classic |
2/17/11 |
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Just what the Doctor Ordered, flexible spinnerbaits from Ko-Man-Chi |
2/16/11 |
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What the Finesse : A "Weightless" Jig? |
2/13/11 |
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Rago and Velvick's Winning Combination : The BV3D |
1/10/11 |
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What Do You Get When You Cross a Zara Spook and a Pop-R? |
12/26/10 |
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Peacock Bass
Fishing with the Legendary Luhr Jensen Big Game Woodchopper & Amazon Ripper |
12/12/10 |
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Daiwa’s
take on the Premium Saltwater Rubber Jig, the Daiwa Conch |
12/5/10 |
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The Basstar Big
Mac, two Spintech Trebles and Special Sauce |
9/26/09 |
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Strike King's Rage Toad brings the Fury |
9/11/10 |
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Make off like
a Bandit with a bounty of strikes |
8/29/10 |
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So Unrefined It's Art : Triton Mike's Bull Shad |
8/22/10 |
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ICAST Preview : Rapala's New Offerings for 2010/11 |
7/1/10 |
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ICAST Preview: I'll take one order of the "Big Mac" please |
6/30/10 |
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Dress Your Baits For Success with the Punch Skirt by Paycheck Baits |
6/23/10 |
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TackleTour's 2010 Spinnerbait Shootout! |
5/15/10 |
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Sebile Creates Some New Magic With Its Soft Swimmer |
5/9/10 |
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Spro’s Little John
MD is one mean little crankbait |
4/25/10 |
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Attack both Fresh
and Saltwater Species with the Slayer Swim Jig from Warbaits |
3/24/10 |
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Move, Slide, Stop ... Slammer Time! |
3/09/10 |
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A Better Tail, the
Strike Pro Flex Crawfish |
3/07/10 |
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PRODUCTTPREVIEW : Italian Company Molix Joins the Bait Craze |
1/25/10 |
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ProducTTpreview: Owner Breaks into Soft Plastics and Debuts New Hooks |
1/25/10 |
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PRODUCTTPREVIEW: Berkley 2010 Classic Baits |
1/21/10 |
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Year of the Crank Bait Review : Custom Lures Unlimited Ikon/Ikon M2 |
1/1/10 |
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The Leader of Rago's Rat Pack : The Original Generic Rat |
12/22/09 |
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Get
Real, Koppers Live-Target Smallmouth Cranks |
12/21/09 |
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Year of the Crank Bait Review : Megabass Z Crank |
11/20/09 |
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Year of the Crank Bait Review: O.S.P.'s HPF Crank |
11/12/09 |
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Presenting TackleTour's Deep Diving Crankbait Shootout! |
11/08/09 |
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PRODUCTTPREVIEW : Meet
the shrunken down Spro BBZ-1 Jr. |
11/5/09 |
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In The Mood ... For Jigs, 2009 Jig Roundup |
11/1/09 |
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Bass Jam '09 Preview : What's Cookin' with Rago Baits |
10/29/09 |
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An "easy" choice to fish, the Roboworm EZ Shad |
10/22/09 |
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Year of the Crank Bait Review: Rapala's Clackin' Rap |
10/20/09 |
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Wake Up Shallow Water Bass With ima Japan's Shaker |
10/9/09 |
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It's Not Just About Rods For Upstart Damiki |
10/9/09 |
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Mythical Creatures, Legendary Baits : The Return of Nezumma |
10/08/09 |
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Raising the Bar Once Again : Mattlures Hard Bait Bass Series |
9/30/09 |
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Still Not Sold on Big Baits? How About a Hybrid? : Deps Highsider |
9/28/09 |
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Sometimes, You Just Have To Go Small : TyLure's Kicker Shad |
9/27/09 |
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Shimano Lucanus Jigs: Deadly and Just Plain Fun to Fish |
8/27/09 |
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Year of the Crank Bait Review: Rapala's DT Flat 9 |
7/05/09 |
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PRODUCTTPREVIEW : The Punch Skirt by Paycheck Baits |
7/03/09 |
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Concealed weapons courtesy
of the CL8 Bait 9” Swimbait |
6/7/09 |
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What's a Buzz with Reaction Innovations : Introducing the
Squeaky Dolphin |
6/03/09 |
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Can O.S.P.'s Blitz Sack the Competition? |
5/27/09 |
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Junk Food for a Quality Limit: JSJ's Snack Sized Trout |
5/06/09 |
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Unfinished Business:
Our Soft Bodied Swimbait Tackle Drop |
4/22/09 |
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What happens when a Swimbait
and a prop bait
get together, meet the Basstar Proprunner |
4/19/09 |
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A.C. Plugs
Modernizes the AC Minnow |
4/12/09 |
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Falcon Lure’s Big Eyez Paddletail Swims True |
4/5/09 |
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The Evolution of a Big, Hard Bodied Bait: 3:16 Lure Company's Real Deal |
3/16/09 |
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The Castaic Catch 22
Swimbait offers guaranteed durability, and it catches fish too |
3/11/09 |
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PRODUCTTPREVIEW : Nate's Baits |
2/25/09 |
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Mattlures Cranks It Up With Their Latest Masterpiece: Their Hard Bluegill Series of Baits. |
2/11/09 |
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A Tale of Two Baits, Bettencourt Baits' RealFish Shad & Real Snake |
2/04/09 |
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A
Smaller Pointer from Lucky Craft Targets Both Bass and Trout |
1/29/09 |
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Taking Aim with D&M Custom Baits' Sniper Spinnerbait |
1/27/09 |
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The Return of Rago Baits |
1/11/09 |
|
PRODUCTTPREVIEW:
Berkley's 2009 Bassmaster Classic Baits |
1/7/09 |
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PRODUCTTPREVIEW : Gann's Performance Tackle |
12/11/08 |
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Match the Hatch with the Koppers LiveTarget Golden Shiner |
11/5/08 |
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PRODUCTTPREVIEW: Koppers
New LiveTarget Lures |
10/23/08 |
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Shallow, Deep, or In-between? Versatility for All Occasions: Tru-Tungsten's Tru-Life
Baits |
10/22/08 |
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PRODUCTTPREVIEW : Orso Swimbait Company |
10/12/08 |
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PRODUCTTPREVIEW : TnT Baits Wadda Bomb Jig |
9/29/08 |
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The
Megabass Bumpee Hog, strong to a fault? |
9/27/08 |
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Shellcracker
[shel krak-er] - noun : Redear Sunfish : see also BlackDog Bait Company |
9/17/08 |
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Look What's Been Hiding in Our Tackle Box: The Megabass X-80 Trick Darter
|
9/10/08 |
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A "Dink" for big fish, Osprey's
newest swimbait |
8/31/08 |
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Looks Can Be Deceiving: the Deps Realiser |
8/17/08 |
|
Tru-Tungsten
announces new
Tru-Life 4-Inch
swimbait |
7/13/08 |
|
Castaic Soft Bait Company Re-Enters the Hard Bait Market With Their New, Platinum ROCK HARD! |
7/09/08 |
|
New Bait Company, JSJ Baits Introduces Their Take on Big Baits, the Snack Sized Trout |
7/01/08 |
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More Flash and Splash with the appropriately named Booyah “Bi-You Buzz” |
6/15/08 |
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The Small, Stealthy, Sexy, Spro 4" BBZ Shad! |
5/30/08 |
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A New Take On An Old, Reliable Bait: The Vertical Lures JigX |
5/29/08 |
|
Hand Pour Quality + Precision Controlled Production Facilities = Roboworm |
5/15/08 |
|
TackleTour Goes Fun-Fishing with TV Host Alan Fong and Gets an Introduction to the Al-e-baby |
5/12/08 |
|
Optimum Bait Company Introduces Diamonds for Anglers |
5/12/08 |
|
Are You Ready For Some Football!! ... Jigs? |
5/08/08 |
|
Introducing the Tru-Tungsten Jason Quinn Jig |
5/6/08 |
|
Finesse jigging
with the Keitech Tungsten Rubber Jig Model I |
5/05/08 |
|
AC Plugs Prepares
to introduce
Bluegill Swimbaits |
5/03/08 |
|
Kevkel's New Double LouveredLeaf Spinnerbait |
4/06/08 |
|
A new Swimbait entry, the
Flex Phantom from Strike Pro |
4/03/08 |
|
Effective bedded
bass fishing with the River2Sea Nest Raider |
3/18/08 |
|
A Diminutive Jerkbait That Packs a ZING! The Megabass Live-X Margay Stepcat |
3/16/08 |
|
Slash’em Farther Down with Rapala’s X-Rap Deep |
2/06/08 |
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Breaking News : Lucky Craft's Real California Supreme 200 |
1/29/08 |
|
Shimano gets
Jiggy with the
Lucanus System |
1/18/08 |
|
It's No VisionX 110, But It Is Another Jerkbait From Megabass: The LiveX Revenge |
12/30/07 |
|
Is It a Crankbait or a Jerkbait? We say it's... Introducing the Lucky Craft Bevy Shad 75sp |
12/24/07 |
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Is the Lucky Craft Real Skin “really” good? |
12/16/07 |
|
The surprisingly
buoyant V&M Mud Bug trailer comes to life
|
12/4/07 |
|
Get
ready to “Roumba” with ima’s new wakebait |
11/28/07 |
|
Tie One On, Toss
It Out & Hang On! Introducing Sworming Hornet Lure's Fish Head Spin |
11/7/07 |
|
A Small, Northern California Company's Answer to the Paddletail Craze: Rainbow Worms' Rainbow Bowfish. |
10/28/07 |
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Kevkel baits "cuts in" to put a new spin on blades |
10/23/07 |
|
Elbow Jerking, Tail Slapping Action: The Lucky Craft Staysee 90SP |
10/11/07 |
|
Trophy
Sticks, custom design, clever hydrodynamics, and a little art all rolled in one |
10/08/07 |
|
Fooling Fish With The
Motion of the Ocean: Sebile’s Ghost Walker |
10/06/07 |
|
Flirting with Innovation: The Reaction Innovations Flirt 6.95 |
10/05/07 |
|
Looks Can Be Deceiving: Black Dog Bait Company's Lunker Punker
|
9/23/07 |
|
Daiwa goes after classic cranks with the
amusingly named Peanut |
9/19/07 |
|
A Bait With Two Personalities: The Megabass Crank/Jerk Flap Slap |
9/6/07 |
|
On the Hunt for an Oversized Slashing Type Minnow Lure? Check Out the FLT Zillva! |
8/19/07 |
|
Could this be the
most durable spinnerbait? River2Sea’s Crystal Spin with a Polycarbonate encased
head design |
8/15/07 |
|
The
Pointer on a diet, Lucky Craft’s “Slender” Jerkbait |
8/08/07 |
|
Don't Cover Your Eyes! It's the Reaction Innovations Skinny Dipper |
8/1/07 |
|
Topwater Annihilation: the 3:16 Wake Jr. |
7/07/07 |
|
Fishing With Chips: The Persuader
American E-Chip Spinnerbait |
6/24/07 |
|
The Triple Trout
performs a lot better than it looks! |
6/11/07 |
|
Nothing Yet, to Scare the Competition: The Fish Arrow Spooky Jack |
6/4/07 |
|
Predator Research
Laboratories draws on hydrodynamics to build their new Shrimp lures |
5/14/07 |
|
Oh What Could Have Been: The Megabass V-3 Bullet Shad and Bullet Shad Mini
|
4/29/07 |
|
An effective
minnow bait with a Dart and Stop & Go system, the Jackall Squadminnow 95 |
4/25/07 |
|
MattLures Revisits Their Design and Brings To Market, The Ultimate Bluegill |
4/15/07 |
|
Daiwa adds branded spinnerbaits to their lineup of lures |
4/11/07 |
|
Megabass's DeepX 200T Proves Appearances Can Be Deceiving |
4/04/07 |
|
Bring Life to a Familiar Design : The Persuader American Angling Double Buzzer Buzzbait
|
3/27/07 |
|
Meet the Berkley Powerbait Chigger Craw, the bait that
helped win the Bassmaster Classic |
3/8/07 |
|
What's Old is New Again, Or Is It? The River2Sea Wood'n Min 160
|
3/4/07 |
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An Affordable Alternative For Those Not Quite
"Sold" On the Price of The Swimbait Craze |
2/14/07 |
|
Mimic injured baitfish with the innovative Daiwa "Dead or
Alive" |
2/04/07 |
|
Made in Italy,
Pelican handcrafts the Super Pinky from balsa-wood for its unique actions |
1/11/07 |
|
Introducing the Megabass Anthrax and Anthrax 100 Topwater Baits Where Imagination is Key |
12/26/06 |
|
The Crazy Action of Wood : H&T's Balsa Crank
|
12/21/06 |
|
Instruments of a Legend, Introducing Jerry Rago's Baby Tool |
12/11/06 |
|
River2Sea USA’s
V-Joint Deep Dive minnow, a triple section lure with great action |
11/30/06 |
|
Blue Fox goes big
with the Vibrax
Musky Buzz |
11/22/06 |
|
Ready, Contact, Action! The Megabass Scream-X Jr. |
11/15/06 |
|
Storm Stuffed
to the Gills with
exciting new lures
this fall |
11/08/06 |
|
Getting Back to Basics With a Quality Tie, Cooch's Wadda Jig by TnT Baits |
11/01/06 |
|
Designed by the Master, Introducing the Ken Huddleston's Deluxe Rate of Fall Swimbait |
10/19/06 |
|
The Daiwa TD
Mouthwasher: A popper and a crankbait in one? |
10/12/05 |
|
Caught Between a Crank and a Lipless Bait : The Lucky Craft Moonsault Crankbait |
9/10/06 |
|
Hard to find, but well worth the effort...The TD Minnow Type
SP |
9/10/06 |
|
A Different Take on Lipless Technology : The Megabass Vibration-X Ultra
|
9/6/06 |
|
Shimano
Butterfly Jigs are more than just “lures,” they are part of a complete system |
9/04/06 |
|
Another Monster Bait : The A.B.T. Lure Company Titan
& Strike King-King Kong
|
8/13/06 |
|
A Crank Born from Innovation : RI's Limited Edition Method Crank
|
6/7/06 |
|
Lucky Craft goes finesse with their Flat CB MR Crankbait
|
5/08/06 |
|
Going lipless with Daiwa's TD Vibration |
5/02/06 |
|
Keep it in
motion...the NetBait Paca Craw |
4/16/06 |
|
Going Old School With a Tried and True Swimbait: Sunrize
Tackle's Hammerhead |
4/6/06 |
|
Increase your numbers with the diminutive Live-X Smolt from Megabass
|
4/2/06 |
|
Cranking for bass
with the River2Sea jointed V-Crank |
3/13/06 |
|
The
Secret is out – Secret Weapon Lures revolutionizes Spinnerbaits |
3/06/06 |
|
Slow rollin’ for
Salmon with the Konezone trolling flasher |
3/1/06 |
|
Hand Crafted Artistry from the Deep South :
Awesome Bait Company's Thundershad Crank |
1/25/06 |
|
The Megabait Mega
Crank wobbles with much holographic flash |
1/17/06 |
|
Mark "EZ Bass"
Lassagne experiments with the Kinami Palm Tree |
12/21/06 |
|
Putting the Buzz in Buzzbaits : The MegaStrike Cavitron |
12/08/05 |
|
Are you addicted yet? ...the Megabass Vision One-Ten's
action will have you begging for more |
12/5/05 |
|
As lifelike as plugs get, the Bettencourt "Real Fish"
Bluegill |
11/30/05 |
|
This isn't your daddy's Rapala crank, the new-fangled X-Rap
"Slashbait" |
11/21/05 |
|
Lucky Craft's
"Big Daddy Strike" Crankbait serves up consistent action |
11/13/05 |
|
Combining collectability with fish a calling tease
- The Megabass PopMax
| 10/13/05 |
|
A Bait to Lure Monster Bass : Introducing The MattLures Baby Bass Swimbait |
10/5/05 |
|
The patented "automatic set hidden hook" distinguishes the
LockJaw from the competition |
9/25/05 |
|
What's old is new again, The Megabass Bait-X Concept
|
8/30/05 |
|
Good things come in small packages : Specialty Tackle USA's Flagship Bait, the Junior-D |
8/2/05 |
|
Simplifying the art of the jig : CritterBait Tackle Company's Swim Jig |
7/29/05 |
|
A Hot West Coast swimbait with a patented easy to rig
system... the Megabait L.A. Slider
|
6/13/05 |
|
Standing up to be noticed, The River2Sea Stand'n Yabbie
|
6/21/05 |
|
The Uniquely Designed Jackall Aragon MR,
is it as good as it looks? |
6/09/05 |
|
Strike Pro USA's
nicely finished trolling plug |
5/19/05 |
|
A Lipless Crank with
plenty of Teeth : Lucky Craft's LV-500Max |
5/11/05 |
|
Generate surface
eruptions with the Sizmic Toad |
4/21/05 |
|
A Collectible
and Fishable Finesse Cranking Dynamo, the Megabass Cyclone SR-X |
4/15/05 |
|
The Mark Drag, by Panther Martin,
adds extra enticement to trolling rigs |
4/11/05 |
|
The A.C. "Real Trout," the latest in a line of modified
plugs from Allan Cole |
3/10/05 |
|
Not your run
of the mill topwater lure, the realistic Dragonfly Popper by River2Sea
USA |
2/27/05 |
|
Fish a better bass trap - The
Persuader American Angling, Pro Assassinator Clacker |
2/16/05 |
|
MirrOlure's Popa Dog uniquely walks and barks at the surface
to attract aggressive game fish |
2/03/05 |
|
FoodSource's biodegradable Food Sticks
really are Fish Food |
12/27/04 |
|
The
Bettencourt Assassin slays unsuspecting fish with distinctive tail swimming
action |
12/09/04 |
|
Tempt
fish with a serving of Specialty Tackle's Big Bite |
11/18/04 |
|
When bass desire a big meal, look to the Strike Pro DD72 |
10/21/04 |
|
Storm's Wildeye Shad swimbait is tough on saltwater fish but easy on the pocket
|
10/14/04 |
|
Gary Yamamoto creates a monster of a new bait...the Kreature
has arrived! |
9/17/04 |
|
River2Sea makes big splashes
with the Bubble
Popper |
8/01/04 |
|
Settling the
scores with Revenge Bait's lifelike "Dart Hedz" |
7/12/04 |
|
Jerking for gamefish with the Strike Pro Jer-O-Minnow |
6/15/04 |
|
Updating an old
friend with the latest armaments, the Excalibur Fat Free Shad |
5/24/04 |
|
Culprit's Tassel Lizard taunts Bass with its skirted tail |
4/26/04 |
|
A Realistic Critter Crank unlike any other, the Bettencourt
Rodent |
4/14/04 |
|
Fishing sophisticated Jigs and time-honored Pigs from Uncle
Josh |
4/05/04 |
|
Pop-a-Long with the multi-functional topwater lure that will
drive fish wild |
3/22/04 |
|
Fish the wave with Kinami Bait's multi-appendage Nories Bug |
3/10/04 |
|
Surface gurgling with the Panther Martin WeedWing |
2/12/04 |
|
Super Speed
Cranking with the Luhr Jensen Mini-Speed Trap |
1/28/04 |
|
A blast from the past,
re-introducing the wobbling Panther
Martin Vivif swim bait |
1/01/04 |
|
Pursuing multiple species with the MegaBait Live Jig |
12/17/03 |
|
Drive bass crazy
with Strike Pro's alluring Finesse
Walking Stick |
12/11/03 |
|
Targeting Trophy Bass
with the Basstrix Swimbait |
11/20/03 |
|
The Snag Proof Wiggle Wog, an exciting
new top water bass lure |
5/24/04 |
|
Reel Pearl, a creative double blade propelling inline
spinner |
10/23/03 |
|
Explosive
topwater action produced by Strike Pro's Gobi Popper |
10/09/03 |
|
Time for a tournament quality alternative? Welcome the premium grade Classic
Shad by Strike Pro |
9/22/03 |
|
A sweet taste that carp can't resist, Uncle Josh Carp Bait |
9/17/03 |
|
Cotee turns jig heads with the swirling Crankin' JigLip
|
9/14/03 |
|
Give fish a mouthful with the MegaBait Chubby Shad |
9/04/03 |
|
Advanced trapping with Bass pro Shop's XPS Extreme Rattle Shad |
9/01/03 |
|
Tail
Whipping design delivers strikes, introducing the new Lucky Craft Live Pointer |
8/25/03 |
|
Fish like never before
with the multiple action Gee-min-ee lure |
8/18/03 |
|
The Terminator T1
is still among the best when it comes to Titanium Spinnerbait Design |
7/07/03 |
|
A stirring design that really knows how to
move, the MegaBait Charlie |
7/03/03 |
|
A clever way to challenge toothy gamefish, the Rollo System |
6/19/03 |
|
An old lure that's still a BIG hit, the Luhr Jensen AC Plug |
6/09/03 |
|
An innovative
enhancement to soft jerkbaits, the
Buttoneye Jerk |
5/20/03 |
|
When nature calls for a natural presentation, look to the
Clear Water Lures |
5/15/03 |
|
Daiwa
expands lure offerings with exciting new Team Daiwa
models and colors |
4/07/03 |
|
Revisit
an old friend, the Kastmaster, perhaps the most versatile lure ever
created |
3/05/03 |
|
Crave Gravy, a catfish attractant that will jitter some
taste buds |
2/24/03 |
|
The Wigston Tassie truly bites like the Devil |
2/1/03 |
|
It's a Top Secret... the AminoGel Trout attractant has
arrived from Europe |
11/24/02 |
|
A fresh spin
on the original trout magnet, the new Holographic spinners by Panther Martin |
11/07/02 |
|
Berkley's Rattl'r aims to drive fish into a Frenzy |
11/03/02 |
|
The Squidy
Mangler, an inline spinner that will spin 100% of
the time |
9/26/02 |
|
A flexible mutant creature bait, the popular Zoom Baby Brush Hog |
8/20/02 |
|
The Yozuri Mag-Minnows, magnets for
gamefish?
|
7/15/02 |
|
Arriving to
stores near you. New tackle with a new twist for 2003 |
6/19/02 |
|
A lethal new weapon in the hunt for hard hitting Stripers,
the SPRO Prime Bucktail Jig
|
5/01/02 |
|
If they aren't biting, throw a uniquely lifelike new
spinner, the Tantrum! |
4/11/02 |
|
SPRO Chug Minnow, a harmonious blend of a popper and a
spook...generates good top water action
|
3/20/02 |
|
Spoon? Spinner? Buzzbait? Nemire creates one of the most flexible new lures,
and bass
can't resist it!
|
2/24/02 |
|
New Harrison Hoge Superior Frog... for superior top water action! |
2/12/02 |
|
Envision Lures
strives to develop the "Perfect Jig"
|
2/11/02 |
|
VPR-PRO LBM spinnerbait with Titanium Nitenol
wire |
1/29/02 |
|
VPR-PRO LBM... just another
spinnerbait? |
1/15/02 |
|
Deadly Deep Diver...Norman Deep Little "N" |
12/08/01 |
|
The scent of shad...B.A.N.G. Fish Attractant |
11/23/01 |
|
Lures for the Backcountry: The "Must Have"
arsenal |
9/02/01 |
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Targeting Bass in cold weather? ...turn to Yamamoto's Hula Grub |
12/08/00 |
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