Lures
XCalibur Square Lips Giving Bass Fat Lips
Read more on the XCalibur Square Lips... The Crustacean Looking Real Craw
What would you rather cast; a super-realistic looking crawfish with an exoskeleton body or one that just has a flat looking crawfish pattern on it? Maybe the real question is which one do you think the fish are going to bite? The realistic looking Bomber Model A Real Craw or a fake imitation without the exoskeleton body? I’m guessing the Real Craw. The Model A Real Craw by Bomber Lures is a series of lures that have an exoskeleton finish giving them an unique texture; in addition to having raised, blood-red crustacean eyes that are positioned at the end of the lure giving it a realistic appearance. Read more on the Bomber Real Craw... Galloup Designs and Ties One-Of-A-Kind Flies
Don’t take this the wrong way, but fly fishermen can be put into two clique groups of anglers. The traditionalist with a purist mentality who believes that a true fly fisherman would only fish with dry flies while the progressive believe you use whatever fly catches fish, no matter if it’s a dry fly or wet. The progressive fly fishermen are similar to bass anglers in that sense. Bass anglers will use any technique or lure to catch fish. It only makes sense. Fish cannot be caught using the same dry fly or casting in one spot day after day. Read more on Kelly Galloup flies... The Shad Swimbait by ABT Lures a Beast of Swimbaits Have you ever casted a beast of swimbaits out on your local lake? I mean a swimbait that seeks out bass to hook. A swimbait that catches fish anywhere you go, any time, any lake. Of course it would have to have to be about 4-inches long and have the profile of an adult threadfin shad; in addition to having 3-D eyes, premium hooks and one awesome realistic paint job. Not only that, but have lifelike action that would attract bass. That beast of a lure would be the ABT Shad Swimbait. Read more on the ABT Shad Swimbait... |
Real, Really Real, Real Gill
Did I happen to mention that the Real Gill Xr50 Series of lures by XCalibur Lures looks really real? I mean real! Just like any common bluegill or panfish that is swimming in your local fishing hole. Think about it for a minute. Bass and other predators love to eat what? That’s right, forage that swims by and gets to close. Bass love cover like boat docks and brush piles. Bluegill and panfish hide around docks and brush piles. It’s better than takeout. “Honey, should we go out to eat?” says one bass to another hiding under the shade of a boat dock. “Why, we have all we can eat right here at home; I think, I will have me a Longear with a Pumpkinseed for dessert,” replies the other bass. You get the point and now you have a lure that really looks like what they eat.
Read more on XCalibur Xr50 Real Gill... How-to Build a Big Spoon
Read more on building a big spoon... Spotted Bass Swimbait Killer
One long cast and it lands with authority. Large swimbaits rarely land quietly. After a couple quick turns of the reel handle the swimbait quickly comes up towards just below the surface making a gentle wake. The fast pace makes the swimbait’s tag wag back and forth resembling a live shad ripping across the surface. Its main body rocks moderate in effort to keep up. Without warning a giant spotted bass pounces on it almost ripping the rod and reel from the angler’s firm grip. Incredible, the angler was catching spotted bass on a hard swimbait in clear water? One more cast and a big largemouth inhales it. Okay, that’s not so usual, but the next cast into the school hooks a nice size striper. There is something to this swimbait that fish love. Maybe it’s the tail wag? Read more on the ABT Wag Tail... The Ultimate Flutter Spoon by Nech Wilderness
If you can’t get no…satisfaction with other spoons and you have tried, and tried, and tired other spoons, but still no satisfaction; no satisfaction atall then it’s time for you to fish with the Nech Wilderness spoon. Unlike other popular flutter spoons, the Nech Wilderness spoon was designed to slowly flutter backwards imitating injured or dying forage; other flutter spoons are heavy and drop quickly to the bottom with little action. Not only is the action different, the 14K Gold finish the Nech Wilderness flutter spoon reflects light creating a flash that is irresistible to fish. Read more on the Nech Wilderness flutter spoon... |
“Hey, what happened to your lip Mr. Hawg?” I asked. “I don’t want to talk about it,” Hawg responded rubbing his lower lip gently against the tree limb,” and you had better stay away from anything that looks like a real crawfish or shad today.” Hawg’s demeanor was quickly sinking lower than his bottom lip. “All I did was go out for a quick snack and ended up in this guy’s boat going to a tournament weigh-in,” said Hawg. I knew what he was experiencing. It happened to me the other weekend. What I thought was a crawfish turned out to be a YUM Wooly Bug and off to the weigh-in I went. “I thought we only had to worry about soft plastic with that new YUM F2 scent?” I replied. “Not now, when I was up in the guy’s boat I saw a whole bunch of these new lures on his rods,” Hawg continued, “with a lot of new color patterns then I overheard him tell his fishing buddy that XCalibur Lures has 3 different size models to pick from.” “What else did you hear?” I eagerly asked. “Well, the guy that caught me called the lure a Square Lip after that I went up on stage to get my picture taken with him,” Hawg went on, “now don’t get me wrong, I like to have my picture taken, but not with a guy that just busted my lip.”
Over the past few years fishing with a big spoon has continued to grow in popularity. There are a number of reasons why. The number one reason is bass anglers are winning tournaments fishing big spoons. Other reasons include more anglers are learning how to fish with big spoons, anglers are finding out that big spoons can be used year round to catch fish, and more lure manufactures are producing big spoons so anglers have choices when purchasing these big spoons.
