Don’t like jigs? Try FlipSkirts
March 2010
Andrea “Andi” Sanders of Milam, who has owned one of the nation’s leading artificial lure manufacturers since the mid-1990s, is proud of one of the company’s newest products, a skirt with a metal bead and two built-in rattles giving extra ooomph to a soft plastic, particularly a Texas-rigged plastic worm, plastic lizard or creature bait.
Trapped bubbles make Sidewinder deadly
January 2010
It’s lots of fun to catch bass, which is one reason a widely known artificial-lure manufacturer calls his newest product, Sidewinder, a “fun little worm.” Without a doubt, it catches bass.
Flex Head Jigz unlike other bass lures
December 2009
Think of this brand-new jig as a bass fisherman’s dream version of an all-terrain vehicle. It’s an artificial lure that acts alive and apparently looks delicious to bass, fished shallow or deep, around rocks or wood and anything else they tend to hang out on.
What’s not to love about Sweet Beaver?
September 2009
The story about one of the most popular soft plastics coast to coast, border to border, is oh, so sweet.
Big bass seem to love Swim Senkos
August 2009
Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits’ Swim Senko has gotten into the swim of things in the swimbait market in a big way.
Chug Head a hit with topwater anglers
May 2009
It isn’t surprising that an innovative artificial lure manufacturer who lives in a region where he can catch 15 different species of fish in his favorite cove has come up with the Chug Head.
Active bass putting on Lipstickers
September 2008
Everybody was baking before and just after a mid-July weigh-in for a major-money bass tournament on a hot day at Lake Neely-Henry in Alabama.
Hey buddy, can you keep a Secret?
August 2008
“The Secret” is out: Redfish can’t hide from the H&H Lure Co. spoon designed mostly by a Metairie outdoorsman who specializes in sporting goods and racks up redfish after redfish on the FLW Redfish Tour.
Bayou bass seem to love ChatterBaits
July 2008
Soon after the ChatterBait craze subsided somewhat in the mid-2000s, there was a big bass tournament in the heart of Acadiana.
Trout, reds love new Shrimp Cocktails
November 2006
Give one of Louisiana’s veteran saltwater fishing guides a popping cork and a Shrimp Cocktail made by Bass Assassin, and chances are good he’ll limit out while fishing around Lafitte, Lake Salvador, Bay Round, Barataria Bay and Little Lake.
Gary Yamamoto gets a little salty
July 2006
There’s a little salt in the freshwater world of artificial lure-manufacturing giant Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits.
Ask Captain Paul
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