Don't forget about the Shaker

Did a bit of fishing this spring. One thing that became apparent in low to mid 50 degree water; the IMA Shaker with it's flat sides and more subtle action is out producing the new highly touted IMA Square Bill designed by Bill Lowen.


Pictured above is the nicest bass I caught, put a bunch in the boat on an IMA Shaker thrown on 12lb Fluoro on my brand new Dobyns 684 CB Crankbait Rod, pretty sweet rod for jerkbaits and light wooden baits like the Shaker, Shad Raps and several other baits.

Both great baits, but early in the year, its hard to beat the profile and action of the Shaker, so my advice, while the traditional Square Bills are getting all the headlines right now, in the early spring, stick with the Shaker for a few weeks. Then when water hits 60 degrees and up, pick that Square Bill up and do work!


As you can see, they were eating the SHAKER!

Memorial Day Bass Fishing Sale

Great sale on tons of stuff, save 20% off thru May 31st, plus free shipping on orders over $50 and no sales tax outside of California! Can't beat the prices, I already got my order in!



http://www.basstackledepot.com
20% off entire store*
*Some Manufacturer restrictions may apply. Example: Jackall, Lucky Craft, Shimano, Reaction Innovations.
Discounts will be displayed
Offer good while supplies last (No rain checks or back orders).
Prices shown are in U.S. funds and are subject to change.
Online orders only no phone order

Time to Save 15% on bass fishing tackle for spring!

Hey all, got a late tax refund burning a hole in your pocket or at least didn't owe as much as last year?

BassTackleDepot.com is having a sweet little sale thru April 25th, Save 15% off almost everything in their awesome store!


Sale runs thru 4-25
Online Orders Only
Discounts will display in your cart
Some Restrictions May Apply, example: Jackall, Koppers, Reaction
Innovations, Shimano, TroKar, Gift Cards, & Wright & McGill

In Stock At BassTackleDepot!!
Picasso Tungsten Flippin	Xcite Raptor Tail Jr.	Luck E Strike Rick Clunn
Bomber Balsa Model B	Sebile Spin Shad	MattLures Ultimate U2
Gambler EZ Swimmer	Eakins Jigs	Jackall G90

Win some Free Bass Fishing gear!

Been a crazy week, lots of travel and other stuff going on, been neglecting the blog. Congrats to Arizona Pros Dean Rojas & Cliff Pirch for both notching tour level wins earlier today.



Not too long ago, I got a nice shipment of new Akinetix gear in, they make some very affordable and functional polarized fishing sunglasses, including youth & woman's models, definitely worth checking out. They even have floating shades for those of us that our clumsy.



They also have some nice moisture wicking gear and other gear. So to celebrate spring, I am running a little contest, on my Facebook Page, so just follow this link to enter. You have until Sunday April 24th to get entered. So head over and enter to win some free gear and check out the Akinetix website as well.



The Akinetix Shield sunglasses pictured are what i have been wearing on the water!

Remembering Fall

So while we wait for spring to get here in MN, here is fun video from last fall. Catching some good fish on docks with tungsten jigs and a bunch of fish on swim jigs with Optimum Double Diamond 3.75" Swimmers as trailers

IMA Square Bill Video Review

Check out this great video review from WFN with Matt Paino breaking down what is cool about the IMA Square Bill crankbait & why it is such a fish catcher!

Good Deal on a Great Frog

Just ran across this deal on Mad Maxx frogs. These quickly became my favorite frogs in 2010. In my opinion they are better then the similar looking Spro Bronzeye frogs because of a few reasons:
Softer body = better hook ups
Rattles included
Most importantly, built in drain hole, means never squeezing water out of frog and no sinking frogs!

The Mad Maxx was designed by Greg Hackney, Marty Stone & Mike Iaconelli.

So at the marked down price of $4.79 each, they cannot be beat! Order 11 of them or more & get FREE SHIPPING!

Bluegrass is my favorite color followed by Big Sexy! Is there anything really more fun then catching big bass on floating frogs?