Angler's Choice Soft Plastics

Angler's Choice sends IBASSIN.com a care package during this crisis. Check out this UNBOXING and see what great bass baits were sent from Angler's Choice. Let's see if they sent us their famous Kill Shot or Ned Hawg baits.
Check them out at: https://www.anglerschoice.ca/

ICAST 2017 Z-Man Trick ShotZ Drop Shot bait

Thanks to their remarkably soft, pliable, buoyant, and 10X Tough ElaZtech construction, 3.5" and 4.2" Trick ShotZ— Z-Man’s first specifically designed drop shot baits—feature limber, ribbed bodies and spade-shaped tails that produce ultra-lifelike action with little rod movement, and are impregnated with salt for taste and texture. 

Accurately mimicking a variety of forage including shad, leeches, gobies, and minnows, their ElaZtech makeup provides exceptional tear resistance when nose hooked and facilitates a more natural, tail-up position that won’t sink to the bottom on slack line like other competitive products. Trick ShotZ are available in 10 colors—including the new Twilight, Meat Dog, and White Lightning patterns—and retail for $4.49 (6 baits per 3.5" pack, 5 baits per 4.2" pack).

ICAST 2016 Strike King Rage Swimmer Swimbait with Shaw Grigsby BASS Lege...

If you like swim baits in open water or up in the cover, then you have to  pick up some Strike King Rage Swimmers. Shaw Grigsby explains how to rig and where to cast these great baits.

ICAST 2016 Strike King Half Shell with Kevin Van Dam and IBASSIN

The new Strike King Half Shell is an amazing bait! It has already helped KVD win two BASS Elite events in 2016. Learn from Kevin Van Dam himself to what makes it so great on a drop shot.

ICAST 2015: HeadlockZ HD Jigheads

A winner of the Australian Fishing Tackle Association’s ‘Best Terminal Tackle’ Award, HeadlockZ HD jigheads are designed with a unique split grip keeper system that makes them easy to rig with ElaZtech soft plastics and locks all types of soft baits in place securely.  Thanks to their award-winning design, anglers can cast their lures hard, work their plastics aggressively, and keep fishing confidently without the need for constant re-rigging, even after hard strikes, knowing that soft baits are locked in position and swimming correctly.

HeadlockZ HD jigheads are built on extra heavy duty, chemically sharpened Mustad® UltraPoint® hooks and are available stateside in 3/0, 4/0, 6/0, and 8/0 hook sizes in weights ranging from 1/8 ounce to 3 ounces to cover a variety of fresh- and saltwater applications.  The smaller 3/0 and 4/0 sizes feature stronger hooks than other similarly sized jigheads, pair perfectly with a variety of three to five inch ElaZtech swimbaits, jerkbaits, and Scented BaitZ, and are ideally suited for both bass fishing and inshore saltwater fishing applications that call for extra-strong tackle.  The 6/0 and 8/0 versions match larger baits like the 6” SwimmerZ, 7” Scented Jerk ShadZ, 8” Mag SwimZ, and 10” HeroZ and are perfect for targeting bruisers like cobia, grouper, tarpon, jacks, striped bass, bluefish, tuna, and more using high-test braided superlines.

Lunkerhunt's Core Strength Lunker Craw and Lunker Bug

Lunkerhunt's Core Strength Soft Plastics are very unique in a lot of ways. With so many choices in the soft plastic lures, it is easy to skip over the truly cool ones.

Lunkerhunt Core Strength reinforcement technology is found throughout the Lunker Craw. There is a mylar skeleton within the lure that has special venting and engineering. Essentially it enables more action and creates a longer lifespan.

For more information check out the video or the Lunkerhunt site. 

Randall Tharp Picks Up Zoom Baits.

Randall Tharp, the 2013 Forrest Wood Cup Champion and a noted big fish pro, has joined the pro staff of Zoom Bait Company, the pros’ choice for soft plastics when it comes to everything from ultra-finesse to oversized lures. If there’s a specific situation at hand, Zoom offers a lure that excels in that application.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re fishing in your local pond or you’re competing in the Bassmaster Classic, Zoom baits are the very best and catch fish all over the world,” Tharp said.

In a relatively short time on the national fishing scene, he’s amassed a tremendous list of accomplishments on circuits including both the FLW Tour and, more recently, the Bassmaster Elite Series. In addition to the Forrest Wood Cup victory on Louisiana’s Red River, he’s added an FLW Tour Open victory on Lake Okeechobee and three Bassmaster Open victories – on Ross Barnett, Santee Cooper and Guntersville. What do those bodies of water have in common? Most likely it’s that they harbor big fish in gnarly cover, most often grass. While Tharp has proven exceptionally versatile over the years, it’s those big fish, heavy cover situations that call out to him most.

“My first national win was the 2008 EverStart championship on Lake Eufaula,” he recalled. “The winning lures were a Zoom 6-inch lizard, a Zoom Big Critter Craw and a Chatterbait with a Zoom Speed Craw trailer. That seems like a long time ago but one thing hasn’t changed – Zoom is a company that is obsessed with building the very best lures you can use to catch a bass, and their lineup gives me everything I need to do my job.”

Tharp competed in five consecutive Forrest Wood Cups from 2010 through 2014, and next month he’ll compete in his third Bassmaster Classic. Savvy followers of the sport expect him to be in the running to become one of just a handful of pros to have won both major championships – and if that happens you can bet that Zoom baits will be a part of it.

Larew signs young million-dollar winner Jacob Wheeler to pro staff

Gene Larew Lures announces the addition of bass professional Jacob Wheeler to its pro staff, bringing together one of the oldest names in soft-plastic lures with one of the youngest million-dollar earners along the top tournament trails.

Wheeler, 24, has amassed more than one million dollars in tournament earnings in his first four years as a pro. His accomplishments include an Ultimate Match Fishing Championship, 2011 FLW BFL All-American championship, 2012 FLW Forrest Wood Cup championship, 2014 Bassmaster BASSfest title and seven other top-10 finishes.

Jacob Wheeler is off to a good start with Larew baits, catching his biggest bass ever this week, a 12 1/2 pounder, while punching a Biffle Bug Jr. around pads  in Florida. (Click to view/download hi-res image)

"Jacob has a lot of reasons to be sporting that grin of his that's as big as the flat bill on his cap; he's had an amazing start to his career," said Larew owner Chris Lindenberg. "While we of course like what we see in his fishing skills, I can honestly say that we like even more the-Jacob-Wheeler person we've come to know better in recent months.

"He's a humble young man that is quick to credit his success to life-lessons learned from a hardworking family that struggled to make it through tough times, and who's been giving back ever since to his loving parents who taught him to fish. His first personal 'splurging' after the $100,000 All-American win, was his buying himself two pairs of Nike tennis shoes instead of just the one he needed."

The Indianapolis angler said he believes it's his strong family culture that led him to Larew. "As a bass fishing fanatic, I knew about Larew, and of course the brand's relationship with legendary angler Tommy Biffle, but I didn't know the folks behind the company name," Wheeler explained.

"When Upshaw (fellow FLW pro angler Andrew Upshaw) introduced me to Chris and his team at ICAST last summer, I felt right at home. Larew is a great fit for me and my fishing style."

As a result of the partnership agreement, Larew branding will have a prominent place on Wheeler's hat, jersey and boat wrap.

ICAST VIDEOS

The odd thing about ICAST is that it happens so long ago but only now do we get a chance to try them out.  This weekend I got to play with the 2013 ICAST Winning Frog from Lunkerhunt.  I got one of the very first baits ever but never had a catch to get it wet. It works great and 4 bass munched on it this Sunday.  Have a look at last year's video playlist just in case you forgot what is out there right now.

ICAST 2013 Yo-Zuri Sashimi Craw with George Large and IBASSIN

While at ICAST 2013, IBASSIN.com discovered a unique bait from Yo-Zuri. The Sashimi Craw really is something cool. Listen to George as he explains all the features of this bait.

ICAST 2013 Berkley Powerbait's New Chigger Quad with Skeet Reese

At ICAST 2013 in Vegas, we find Bassmaster Elite Star Skeet Reese chatting with IBASSIN.com. This is the 25th Anniversary of Berkley Powerbait. Skeet explains his new Chigger Quad bait. It is an altered version of the famous Chigger Craw.

New Trigger X Buzz Tail and Drop Dead Minnow

Drop Dead Minnow 

            Inspired by pro anglers, the Drop Dead Minnow looks like an average fluke-style bait but this maniac swimmer has a few tricks to entice the strike. At 5 inches long, this do-everything minnow can be jerked for a classic style action: kill it and it glides, rocks and flutters with its own unique song and dance. The Drop Dead Minnow is available in 12 top-to-bottom dual or solid colors and comes eight pieces per package.

<!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->Suggested retail price: $4.99.

Buzz Tail Worm 

        The Buzz Tail Worm is a hybrid experiment gone right. Featuring Trigger X’s classic, worm-body style with a hard slapping, full-of-attitude minnow style paddle tail, it will have bucket mouths bubbling for more. Two baits in one, this tackle box staple can be fished Texas style or on a jig, and displays a gliding, thumping action right out of the package. Split the tail and the Buzz Tail Worm rockets with a world-class topwater buzzworm action. Suffocated with Ultrabite^® Pheromones, this 6-inch worm is available in 10 must-have color patterns and comes eight pieces per package.

Suggested retail price: $4.99.

Tommy Biffle Joins River2Sea

River2Sea continues to make waves in the industry with the expansion of their product line, and now they are increasing the size of those waves with the addition of a true bass fishing legend to their pro staff. River2Sea is proud to announce the addition of Tommy Biffle, from Wagoner, Okla. to their pro staff. Biffle has a reputation for being a staunch competitor who has the ability to dig heavyweight bass from the thickest cover with his Flippin' Stick and heavy line. The combination of Biffle and his weapons has resulted in a career full of hall of fame worthy credentials.