Friday, May 29, 2015

Daiwa Corporation takes on Ever Green in US, Canada

Originally posted in Angling International

The Daiwa Corporation has taken on the exclusive distribution of Ever Green lures in the US and Canada.
The agreement was announced at the national sales meeting of the Japanese tackle giant in California earlier this month.
Ever Green has enhanced its credentials as one of Japan’s top lure brands with wins in US bass tournaments by top sponsored anglers such as Brett Hite and Morizo Shimizu, both of whom have participated in B.A.S.S. Bassmaster Elite tournaments, for many years.
With the nationwide distribution channel of Daiwa Corporation, it aims to offer more stable delivery to retailers throughout the USA and Canada.
At the ICAST show in July, the Ever Green stand will be located next to Daiwa’s. Visitors to the booth will be able to see their product line-up for the USA and talk business with the representatives.
Ever Green plans to launch a new website for the US market in July.
The Daiwa Corporation has taken on the exclusive distribution of Ever Green lures in the US and Canada.
The agreement was announced at the national sales meeting of the Japanese tackle giant in California earlier this month.
Ever Green has enhanced its credentials as one of Japan’s top lure brands with wins in US bass tournaments by top sponsored anglers such as Brett Hite and Morizo Shimizu, both of whom have participated in B.A.S.S. Bassmaster Elite tournaments, for many years.
With the nationwide distribution channel of Daiwa Corporation, it aims to offer more stable delivery to retailers throughout the USA and Canada.
At the ICAST show in July, the Ever Green stand will be located next to Daiwa’s. Visitors to the booth will be able to see their product line-up for the USA and talk business with the representatives.
Ever Green plans to launch a new website for the US market in July.
- See more at: http://www.angling-international.com/daiwa-corporation-takes-on-ever-green-in-us-and-canada/#sthash.kBAcyMRI.dpuf
The Daiwa Corporation has taken on the exclusive distribution of Ever Green lures in the US and Canada.
The agreement was announced at the national sales meeting of the Japanese tackle giant in California earlier this month.
Ever Green has enhanced its credentials as one of Japan’s top lure brands with wins in US bass tournaments by top sponsored anglers such as Brett Hite and Morizo Shimizu, both of whom have participated in B.A.S.S. Bassmaster Elite tournaments, for many years.
With the nationwide distribution channel of Daiwa Corporation, it aims to offer more stable delivery to retailers throughout the USA and Canada.
At the ICAST show in July, the Ever Green stand will be located next to Daiwa’s. Visitors to the booth will be able to see their product line-up for the USA and talk business with the representatives.
Ever Green plans to launch a new website for the US market in July.
- See more at: http://www.angling-international.com/daiwa-corporation-takes-on-ever-green-in-us-and-canada/#sthash.kBAcyMRI.dpuf

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Looking of an Edge with Internet Shopping?

Search Saltwater Sections of Superior Selections

Bu Luigi De Rose

Japanese baits have been prized possessions for decades. Finding an edge by purchasing unique or new baits is always wise. I recall how amazing effective the Lucky Craft 100 baits were when they first arrived; then came the Megabass Ito 110s. Scores of anglers shelled out big bucks to gain the edge. With the web and greater access to Japanese lures, the opportunities to find that magic bait or unseen colour pattern has become strained.

One easy fix is to focus on saltwater baits. Japanese anglers have more access to the salt then to fresh water, so a huge percentage of their tackle stores cater to these anglers. You'll be amazed by the selection and variety available.

One neat thing is the assortment of jerkbaits, vibration and wake baits that are bass size in length but very hefty. Aimed for launching off sea walls, they become a smallmouth bass angler's dream on the Great Lakes were wind is always a problem. An added bonus is that these saltwater approved lures tend to be built more rugged yet they still maintain the superb finishes you would expect from Japan. Usually, the range of patterns and finishes are more flamboyant than for bass, so you'll find some truly cool baits.  
Check out this Megabass ONETEN JR SW. The SW means saltwater.

 Jig heads are also cheaper and superior. I stocked up when the Alabama rig craze hit and paid half of what I would have for specialty A-rig gear. Another benefit is that with metric sizing, anglers can really fine-tune jigs and hooks to create that something different local bass haven't seen. 

So, the next time you'll need to threat yourself to some shopping expand your search. 

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Brent Ehrler Wins the Toyota Texas Big Bass Classic!

Big Bass and Big Weather for Lake Fork Anglers

Here is the Final Day 3 results



  1. Brent Ehrler – 89 lbs. 12oz.
  2. Jason Christie – 87 lbs. 12oz.
  3. Andy Morgan – 83 lbs. 12oz.
  4. Chris Lane – 83 lbs. 8 oz.
  5. Shad Schenck – 81 lbs. 4 oz.
  6. Casey Ashley – 79 lbs. 4 oz.
  7. John Crews – 78 lbs. 8 oz.
  8. Mike Iaconelli – 72 lbs. 8 oz.
  9. Keith Combs – 65 lbs. 12 oz.
  10. Brandon Palaniuk – 51 lbs.
Toyota Tundra Big Bass: Brent Ehrler – 10 lbs. 11oz.
LEER Heavyweight: Jason Christie – 37 lbs. 4oz.
 




  1. Brent Ehrler – 89 lbs. 12oz.
  2. Jason Christie – 87 lbs. 12oz.
  3. Andy Morgan – 83 lbs. 12oz.
  4. Chris Lane – 83 lbs. 8 oz.
  5. Shad Schenck – 81 lbs. 4 oz.
  6. Casey Ashley – 79 lbs. 4 oz.
  7. John Crews – 78 lbs. 8 oz.
  8. Mike Iaconelli – 72 lbs. 8 oz.
  9. Keith Combsm – 65 lbs. 12 oz.
  10. Brandon Palaniuk – 51 lbs.
Toyota Tundra Big Bass: Brent Ehrler – 10 lbs. 11oz.
LEER Heavyweight: Jason Christie – 37 lbs. 4oz.
- See more at: http://www.toyotatexasbassclassic.com/2015/05/25/day-3-final-results/#sthash.KFJmILbP.dpuf
  1. Brent Ehrler – 89 lbs. 12oz.
  2. Jason Christie – 87 lbs. 12oz.
  3. Andy Morgan – 83 lbs. 12oz.
  4. Chris Lane – 83 lbs. 8 oz.
  5. Shad Schenck – 81 lbs. 4 oz.
  6. Casey Ashley – 79 lbs. 4 oz.
  7. John Crews – 78 lbs. 8 oz.
  8. Mike Iaconelli – 72 lbs. 8 oz.
  9. Keith Combsm – 65 lbs. 12 oz.
  10. Brandon Palaniuk – 51 lbs.
Toyota Tundra Big Bass: Brent Ehrler – 10 lbs. 11oz.
LEER Heavyweight: Jason Christie – 37 lbs. 4oz.
- See more at: http://www.toyotatexasbassclassic.com/2015/05/25/day-3-final-results/#sthash.KFJmILbP.dpuf

Monday, May 25, 2015

Happy Memorial Day! Grateful to all that have served and are serving!

JACKALL Spade T.G. Jig

Pro-grade JACKALL JIG a hit.
By Luigi De Rose

The JACKALL Spade T.G. Jig quietly came onto the scene a few years ago. Jigs don't get a lot of media attention but they sure rack up big bass awards. Here are some truly great features of this well made jig.
The Spade T.G. Jig's skirt comes with a cool spider leg skirt that produces great flare and bulk without a giant skirt. Unlike conventional American jigs, this one will respond much more quickly while worked through the water and burst open when stopped.

The spade shape is ideal for slipping over wood or worked through grass. The line tie is positioned at it's nose to allow for easy swimming if you wish to work it horizontally. The tungsten material creates a compact size compared to jigs pour from lead.

Available in 3/8oz and 1/2oz in 8 colours.



Thursday, May 21, 2015

Thrift: Running and Gunning for the Win on Lake Eufaula







FLW has really picked up their on-the-water coverage as of late. Here's Bryan Thrift's winning catch from Day 4 of the recent Lake Eufaula tournament.

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Spybaiting Simplified with Luigi De Rose



By Luigi De Rose

Spy Baiting has been gaining traction but most are turned off when they heard that it is only an ultra-finesse technique. Check out this video created for Ontario OUT OF DOORS magazine that helps give a simple and easy explanation to spy baiting.

Spy baiting is very versatile but many have been told that only 4 lb or 6 lb test lines are your only choice. Untrue! Use it and help redefine this simple lure.

Monday, May 18, 2015

Bryan Thrift Wins the 2015 FLW Tour Event on Lake Eufaula with 69-14lbs.

Thrift Wins by 3; Gustafson Finishes 4th!
The “numbers game.”
It’s a term that Bryan Thrift used to describe his fishing on Lake Eufaula back in 2013 when he finished runner-up to Randy Haynes in a Walmart FLW Tour event.
The method to his numbers madness was to hit as many solitary objects – stumps, brush piles, rocks, logs – on the bottom of Lake Eufaula as humanly possible in an eight-hour tournament day.
When Thrift saw that Lake Eufaula was back on the 2015 Walmart FLW Tour schedule for May of this year, he grinned that patented Bryan Thrift grin because he already knew how to crunch the numbers at Eufaula.
And Thrift is still grinning. After sacking up a final-day catch of 15 pounds, 5 ounces to top off 69-14 for the week, Thrift made the numbers work for his fourth FLW Tour win. He added another $125,000 to his bank account.
“This is my favorite lake in the country. I absolutely love it,” Thrift says. “I’ve wanted to win here so bad for so long. I’ve finished second here in two other FLW events [the 2013 Tour Major and 2010 FLW Series], so to finally get over the hump feels pretty good.”

Sunday, May 17, 2015

2015 Walmart FLW Tour Lake Eufaula Day 3: Morrow and Thrift One and Two by Ounces!

The numbers game at the Walmart FLW Tour event presented by Quaker State on Lake Eufaula has turned into a game of musical brush piles. What started as a full field of pros running dozens of brush piles has turned into a handful of leaders running the same brush piles in the same area of the lake.
Now the game is to rotate through the brush piles in hopes of being on the right one when the fish start biting.
The pro who has been the most successful at mastering the musical brush pile mash-up is Troy Morrow, who toted 15 pounds, 4 ounces to the scale today to hold the lead with a slim margin of 4 ounces over a very threatening Bryan Thrift.
Morrow’s game has now turned from running as many brush piles as possible to fishing “around” the pressure being created by other competitors who are targeting the same piles.
“Yeah, I’ve now come to realize how many of us are running some of the same stuff,” Morrow says. “Some of my best piles I hoped no one would find are being fished by others, too. My plan was to sort of flip-flop my piles – hit one set one day, then hit another set another day so the first set could rest. Obviously, that’s all out the window now.”
As a result, Morrow says he now has to be extremely aware of who is fishing what piles at what times.
“It definitely throws you off rotation,” he explains. “The whole game here is to get a good rotation going. Catch one out of this pile; catch one out of the next pile. But if there is a boat on the next one, it sort of kicks you out of rotation and off your rhythm, and you have to adjust for that by avoiding the next two piles and picking up somewhere else farther down the line.”
To be clear, Morrow is not accusing anyone of hole-jumping his spots. He knows that a lot of these brush piles were found by his competitors in practice with the extremely powerful electronics being used these days.
“These fish are so wary of the pressure,” he continues. “It amazes me how ‘set up’ the fish were the first day for a crankbait. They were ready to eat the first thing that came by. But now, they are scattered out away from the piles. I think the pressure literally pushes them out. I caught several fish the last couple days on casts that completely missed the pile.”
Troy Morrow demonstrates his solo netting skills on this keeper.
In terms of lures, Morrow says he has had to move away from the crankbait that produced so well the first day to more inconspicuous lures.

Saturday, May 16, 2015

2015 Walmart FLW Tour Lake Eufaula Day 2: Morrow Takes Lead with 39-09!

Weather Changes and No Current Kills Bite
FLW PRESS RELEASE

The “numbers game” continued at the Walmart FLW Tour event presented by Quaker State on Lake Eufaula today, and weights fell off a bit as anglers began to realize that some of their “numbers” were also the numbers of other anglers. In essence, anglers can only run so many brush piles before the brush piles being hit start to overlap, and that pressure took its toll today.
In addition to the fishing pressure, cloudy skies and windy conditions made for far less efficient fishing of the brush when compared to day one’s hot, sunny, slick conditions.
One angler who was able to avoid the pressure to some extent was Troy Morrow, who took over the lead today. Morrow backed his day-one catch of 21 pounds, 8 ounces with 18-01 today for a two-day total of 39-09.
Morrow says that being in the last flight was a huge help because it allowed him to run some of his better brush piles after many other anglers had left for weigh-in.
“I only had 7 or 8 pounds for the longest time today,” he says. “I figured I needed at least 10 pounds to fish on Saturday, so I ‘dinked around’ with a drop-shot to get to about 10 or 11 pounds.”
Once he hit that weight, Morrow began running his best brush piles with bigger baits. He caught his fish on a crankbait yesterday but had to switch to another big lure today.
“Right at the end of the day I got into an area where I had three brush piles in a row,” he says. “I got the fish to fire up, and I culled from 11 pounds to 18 pounds pretty quickly. I’m really not sure if it was the bait change or the time of day or what. But the fishing suddenly got really good for a few minutes, and I took advantage of it. Being in the last flight worked to my favor big time.”
Troy Morrow dejectedly swings a small keeper aboard.
Morrow mounts attack as most stumble. (Photo: FLW)
Morrow admits that he had to burn more of his premium brush piles over the last two days than he wanted to.
“I was trying to save some of the ace piles for the finals, but I had to tap them today,” he says. “I still have a lot of marginal piles left that I haven’t fished, but I don’t feel they’re as good as the ones I relied on today.”

Friday, May 15, 2015

2015 Walmart FLW Tour Lake Eufaula Day 1: Client Davis Whacks 22-9 and Lead.

A numbers game – that’s the predominant theme among the leaders at the Walmart FLW Tour event presented by Quaker State on Lake Eufaula.
The game is not about catching numbers of fish, but rather, running numbers of isolated spots that feature some kind of cover – a single stump, log, brush pile, piece of standing timber or rock is all it takes. The object of the game is to hit as many of these places in a day as possible.
A lot of unknowns on Day 1: Shad spawn, falling water, deep fish.
Davis found the right ones to lead the pack.
(Photo: FLW)
“I’ve fished this lake all my life, and I have hundreds of these little one-stop places logged in my GPS,” Davis says. “I stop at each one, make a few casts, then I’m gone to the next.
“And it really doesn’t matter what it is,” he continues. “A lot of them are brush piles, and the fish are pulling out to them with the falling water and rising temperatures, so they will probably reload throughout the week.”
Davis says he hit two “wads” of fish during the day, but he defines a wad as being two fish on one piece of cover.

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Humminbird Bluetooth Remote AS RC1



Take wireless control of your Humminbird. The wireless remote lets you mark waypoints on the fly, zoom in and out, adjust sonar sensitivity and toggle through your favorite custom views. Each key has a short press and long press function, enabling you to customize the remote's capabilities to reflect your fishing style. For instance, a long press of the Mark button can be programmed to power your unit on or off, deploy your 360 imaging transducer or even create an i-Pilot Link Spot-Link. 

Everything's visible and controllable from anywhere on the boat, so you don't have to stop fishing to control your Humminbird. 
http://www.humminbird.com/Products/AS...

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Shimano's Curado I Baitcasting Reels with Jared Lintner and IBASSIN



Listen as BASS Elite angler Jared Lintner explains why the Shimano Curado I is one of the best "work horse" reels on the market. Punching, crankings, buzzbait, spinnerbait, it doesn't matter because the Shimano Curado I has the correct gear ratio for you.

Shimano gives you more with the new Curado I series reels. Now featuring the latest in Shimano fishing reel technology and offered in multiple gear ratios, Curado builds on its legacy as the ‘go to’ baitcasting reel for both fresh and saltwater action.

Monday, May 11, 2015

Aaron Martens Wins BASS Elite Lake Havasu Tournament with 68-09lbs!

With 13 Second Place Finishes Martens Finally Wins. 
LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. – Aaron Martens heard the chuckles from the crowd when he explained the primary pattern he used during the Bassmaster Elite at Lake Havasu presented by Dick Cepek Tires & Wheels.
But as crazy as it sounded, he was serious.
Martens made a short run up the Colorado River each day and fished thick patches of shoreline vegetation where big largemouth bass were feeding on blackbirds. Flipping a bait designed to mimic their prey, he caught enough bass the first three days to enter Sunday’s championship round in fourth place.
Then during the championship round, he caught five bass that weighed 19-5 and took home the $100,000 first-place prize with a four-day total of 68-9.
Winning on Mother's Day overcame series of second places.
(Photo: James Overstreet BASS)
He used a drop-shot rig some during the week, too. But after the final weigh-in, the buzz was about the birds.
“I do that all the time,” said Martens, who earned the victory on Mother’s Day with his own mother, Carol, in the crowd. “I don’t know why people don’t believe me when I say it. The birds fall out of the nest, and the bass eat them. Birds are definitely part of their diet.”
Martens used a 1/2- or 3/4-ounce weight and a 4/0 Heavy-Cover Gamakatsu hook rigged with a green pumpkin punch skirt and one of two plastic trailers. His choice of trailer was determined by which weight he was using – it was a large Rage Craw for the 1/2-ounce rig and a Speed Craw for the 3/4-ounce setup.
He paid special attention to areas where lots of blackbirds were nesting.
“I probably shouldn’t even be talking about it, because I’ve known about it for 25 years,” said Martens, who said several fish spit up black feathers in his livewell during the tournament. “I’ve caught them in California and had them spit up full-grown blackbirds.