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    Angler Watches LIVETARGET Lures Crawl across Rock!

    Author: Brad Wiegmann

    LIVETARGET Crawfish Crankbaits

    Springdale, Arkansas-An angler fishing Beaver Lake in northwest Arkansas reported to fellow anglers, newspapers, and TV reporters that he saw four life-like lures crawl across the top of a rock while out fishing early Friday morning.  "I was just out fishing and I saw these life-like lures just come out of the water," he continued, "they crawled right on top the rock and was sunning themselves; till that bass tried to eat them."  The angler was able to get a photo of them with his cell phone before the bass attacked them.  "I just cannot believe how life-like those lures looked; that bass chased each one of them...just like a LIVETARGET," said the angler.  It is unknown at this time if any of the Crawfish made it out alive after being attacked by the bass.  No doubt, we will be hearing more about these sighting as other anglers have reported seeing Shad, Smelt, Golden Shiner and other life-like lures being attacked to newspapers and TV reporters.

    The LIVETARGET Crawfish Crank (www.livetargetlures.com) is a ‘fat style’ crankbait with an accurate profile and anatomical details of a fleeing crawfish (Orconectes Propinquus).  The ‘fat style’ is reminiscent of the extremely popular original Wiggle Wart.  When Storm lures was purchased by Rapala a number of modifications were made to the original Wiggle Wart that changed the action.  Some say for the better, other say that the original Wiggle Wart crankbait action cannot be duplicated.  For proof, just look at how much anglers are willing to pay for the originals on eBay.  That is where LIVETARGET Crawfish Crank ‘fat style’ crankbaits come in; they have that distinctive wide wobble swimming action and soft deflection with accurate recovery that fish cannot resist.

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    Castaic Catch 22 Swimbait an Offer No Angler Can Refuse

    Author: Brad Wiegmann

    Castaic Catch 22

    My grandpa was the Godfather of fishing.  In fact, everyone just to referred to him as Godfather since that was his nickname.  He lived to fish and fished to live.  Before he died, I went to visit him on his death bed.  His house was filled with trophies from bass tournaments he had won.  When Godfather was on them, no angler could beat him.  As I entered his bedroom, Godfather motioned for me to come closer, “Son, I have to tell you something.  Come over here closer, closer,” he said in a whispered voice.  At that point Godfather murmur into my ear, “Son, I am going to tell you about an offer you cannot refuse.”  I asked him, “What’s the offer Godfather?”  “Son, go buy yourself a Castaic Catch 22 swimbait, it’s guaranteed to catch 22 without breaking apart or losing its ability to swim,” he explained.  The super soft, triple-jointed, ultra realistic swimbait is guaranteed to catch 22 fish before breaking apart; now that’s an offer no angler can refuse.

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    Do-It Molds: Customize Your Casting or Jigging Spoons

    Author: Brad Wiegmann

    Do-It Molds products for building customized spoonsCustomized casting spoons

     

    In today’s world, it’s all about having your own theme or customizing everything. You can customize your Xbox 360, your Chris Young shows there is nothing more exciting than catching big stripers on your own customized spoondesktop, even your iPhone.  Why not customize your plain, dilapidated casting or jigging spoons.  Just look at them, spoons may be the most unappealing lure anglers fish with…for real, though they hardly look realistic.  Just think of how many more fish you could catch by customizing them.  Why not put scale pattern decals, 3-D eyes, or a feather dressed tail on them?  No doubt about it, the customized spoon will catch more fish. 

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    Professional Bass Angler Sean Hoernke Hooked on Revolution Bluegill

    Author: Brad Wiegmann

    Reaction Strike Revolution Bluegill

    Professional bass angler Sean Hoernke is hooked.  No, a lure is not hanging from his shirt or stuck in his hand.  Hoernke, a professional angler from Woodland, Texas, is hooked on the Reaction Strike Revolution Bluegill.  Hoernke like the majority of other professional anglers know how deadly a bluegill imitating lure catches bass in the spring when bass or bluegills go to spawning in the spring; however, unlike other professional anglers, Hoernke doesn’t just catch fish on the Revolution Bluegill in the spring.  For him it’s a year round lure that he uses to catch them almost anywhere, anytime.

    Just like any bait, knowing when and how to present a lure can mean the difference between a successful fishing trip or getting skunked.  “The key to catching fish on the Revolution Bluegill is to fish it like a crankbait or wake bait; its deadly on bass located in 5- to 7-feet of water,” explained Hoernke.  In the springtime, Hoernke will fish with the Revolution Bluegill near bass or bluegill beds.  He likes to use a stop and go retrieve, dead-stick it right in the bed, or just cast past the bed and reel it in very slowly.  One technique Hoernke has been successful with is sight fishing.  Once he has spotted a bed, Hoernke will cast the Revolution Bluegill right into the bed and give the lure a series of soft twitches. “This makes the bait look like its eating the eggs in the bed and no bass can stand it,” said Hoernke.

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    One Eye Mepps Syclops a Titan of Spoons

    Author: Brad Wiegmann

    Zachary Scott with a striper caught he caught on a Mepps SyclopsIn Greek mythology, the Cyclops was a one eyed being.  The three sons of Uranus and Gaea were said to have been Cyclopes.  Each son was a titan, meaning that they were of phenomenal size and strength.  Their names were Brontes, which means thunderer; Arges, which means bright; and Steropes meaning lightner, which translates to lightning.  All together, they were the producers of Zeus’s thunderbolt and lightning.  Just like the Greek Cyclopes, the Mepps Syclops sports just one eye and produces bright light flashes and thunderous results. 

    Mepps Syclops Lite spoons

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    Pimp Out Your Jigging Spoon

    Author: Brad Wiegmann

    Chris Young with a striper caught on a Bomber Slab Spoon

    In the realm of fishing lures, the jigging spoon may be the most underwritten about and unadvertised.  Expensive swimbaits and high tech lures dominate fishing magazines along with tackle store shelves.  The jigging spoon gets little fanfare and stuck deep, deep into an anglers tackle box, if they even have one at all.  The “catch” to jigging spoons is they produce fish year round but can be pimped out to increase bites.All four sizes of CC Spoon customized

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