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Trapped bubbles make Sidewinder deadly
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.[…]
Lure Review
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Flex Head Jigz unlike other bass lures
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.[…]
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Trout, reds just love Shiney-Hineys
When speckled trout are biting, really in a feeding frenzy, they will bite on anything.[…]
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What’s not to love about Sweet Beaver?
The story about one of the most popular soft plastics coast to coast, border to border, is oh, so sweet.[…]
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Big bass seem to love Swim Senkos
Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits’ Swim Senko has gotten into the swim of things in the swimbait market in a big way. How big?[…]
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Humdingers still a hit with bass, anglers
Like a good wine, Humdinger spinnerbaits made by T&T Lures are getting better with age.[…]
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Chug Head a hit with topwater anglers
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.[…]
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Active bass putting on Lipstickers
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.[…]
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Hey buddy, can you keep a Secret?
“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.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bayou bass seem to love ChatterBaits
Soon after the ChatterBait craze subsided somewhat in the mid-2000s, there was a big bass tournament in the heart of Acadiana.The results disproved the notion that some bass anglers may mistakenly have about red-hot new artificial lures: Sure, it works somewhere else, but it won’t produce here.[…]
Bass Fishing
An old crankbait becomes new again.
As excited as Bobby Murray was in 1973 about a crankbait everyone was drooling over, he absolutely can’t contain himself three decades later as Cotton Cordell prepares to introduce Fred Young’s Original Big O.[…]
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Light, strong spinner sweeping Missouri
For something so light, it sure is strong. That’s the 0.032-gauge super stainless steel wire being used for one of the hottest artificial lures of the fall season in 2006.[…]
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Trout, reds love new Shrimp Cocktails
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.[…]
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Gary Yamamoto gets a little salty
There’s a little salt in the freshwater world of artificial lure-manufacturing giant Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits.[…]
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Creme packages fun in new baits
Creme Lure Co.’s owner described over the telephone recently how he was holding his hands a little more than 8 inches apart. Then Wayne Kent told how he was holding his hands about 24 inches apart.[…]
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Catch fish after fish on a HardNose
The booming soft-plastic market’s going soft, too soft, many claim, and something had to be done about it before many more creature baits, bogus worms, faux paux frogs and imitation crawfish got torn up by fish or slid down the hook, thus rendering them unusable.[…]