With recent fishing pressure and fish moving towards their summer hideouts, finding the bite at this year’s Bass Fest held at Kentucky Lake proved to be a challenge for the elite anglers. Optimum pro Fred “BoomBoom” Roumbanis keyed in on a deep ledge fishing technique that allowed him to take home 5th place with a […]
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The 5” Opti Grub is built on the same proven design as the rest of the Opti Series, but with a wildly vibrating curl tail, and available in four new colors. It works great buzzed over grass, swam on a light jighead or flipped in tight cover.Each bait is hand poured one at a time.
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The newest creation from Optimum Baits and AA Worms is the multi faceted swimbait that mimics both a stage 3.5 Tadpole in fresh water and a Flying fish in saltwater. Originally hand carved, this creature was finished on CAD to ensure the most lifelike action on various retrieve speeds. It is available in a 3”,
The Flying Fish, stage 3.5 tad pole has arrived! Read More »
Several new products from the Japanese manufacturer that introduced the USA to the Jig Head Wacky technique are now being offered for the USA market.If you’re an angler that likes to finesse fish or to modify your lures than there is definitely a product for you. Please check out these products at a fine dealer
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The new Slide Swimmers will be made out of a clear ABS injected plastic with the same soft silicon skin cover Deps Japan has been hard at it, working on the new Slide Swimmer ABS inject models. The new models will be released in the 175mm size and the 250mm. The original slide swimmer molds
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Bill Lowen doesn’t like to talk about it on tour, but one of the best ways to fish a crankbait is not to burn it, or retrieve it a moderate pace, or even take it for a slow stroll. When pressured fish want a hard bait, but won’t bite when it’s just proceeding forward steadily,
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A month after the conclusion of the 2014 Bassmaster Classic, the story of Paul Mueller’s valiant charge at the title, and eventual runner-up finish, has resonated throughout the bass world. By sacking a Classic record five-fish limit on Day Two, he bounced back from the bottom of the scorecard and fell short of the title
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32-03. Not just the biggest limit of Paul Mueller’s life. Not just the biggest limit of the 2014 Bassmaster Classic. The biggest five-fish limit in Bassmaster Classic history. VanDam, Iaconelli and Skeet Reese didn’t come close. Even eventual winner Randy Howell, whose last day assault on Guntersville’s bass clinched the title, didn’t hit the 30
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Connecticut angler Paul Mueller guides on Candlewood Lake, and he’s convinced that this year at least 30 to 40 of his clients landed their personal best smallmouth under his tutelage. Location and presentation are of course critical, but Mueller believes that his job has been made easier by virtue of two particular Reins soft plastics,
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The road to the Bassmaster Classic is not easy via any of the available paths, but the Federation route may be the toughest, at least in terms of sheer numbers. An angler has to qualify from his state, then be the top angler from his state at the Divisional, and then be the top angler
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